tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:02:26 +0000A forum for sharing and discovering the tools of effective church planting.http://ifcava.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (V.A. Planter)Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052.post-7946209147611068798Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:10:00 +00002008-07-06T17:17:31.724-07:00Have people left your church as a result of a church plant that has swept into town? If so, have you wondered why they left or what pulled them away? Does it bother you that the new church didn’t discourage them from leaving? These are fair questions in light of a growing trend of church plants that recruit believers from existing congregations. I call this type of church plant the “hostile http://ifcava.blogspot.com/2008/07/hostile-takeoversheep-stealing-101.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Outreach Oregon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052.post-8181399123367100905Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:27:00 +00002008-06-29T14:35:08.449-07:00The apostle Paul makes a most remarkable statement in his letter to the Romans when, after writing eight chapters in which he explores the unfathomable depth and the immeasurable expanse of the grace and glory of God, he suddenly says Romans 9:3: “For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.” This statement comes in the context of http://ifcava.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-much-will-i-give-up-so-that-others.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (W.W. McEad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052.post-6605516217663619792Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:10:00 +00002008-06-27T18:24:40.110-07:00In what may well be one of the most stirring messages I have ever heard at an IFCA Convention, Executive Director Les Lofquist drew a line in the sand that reaches from the beaches on the coast of Maine and South to Florida and encompasses everything from there to the West Coast. It was a clarion call to the churches and individual members of IFCA to rally to the need for renewed vigor and http://ifcava.blogspot.com/2008/06/clarion-call-to-action.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (V.A. Planter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052.post-1093253700821032792Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:27:00 +00002008-06-26T22:01:42.422-07:00Hi. I've been NICE (Northwest Independent Church Extension) for most of the last 43 years, and I presently serve as Director. I've attended 33 of the last 34 Annual IFCA Conventions. I think I've never enjoyed one more than the one in Eugene, Oregon, just ended. The theme was Vision America, and that has me thinking.How are we going to reach our cities? A recent letter from the widow of one of http://ifcava.blogspot.com/2008/06/endless-opportunities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Earl Brubaker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052.post-3303252922131297954Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:54:00 +00002008-06-25T18:23:09.926-07:00Tim Jeske here. I am the Administrative Director for Midwest Church Extension, the IFCA International church planting agency in five states from Iowa to Ohio and up into Wisconsin. I pastored a church for 25 years and for 13 of them served as the Chairman of Wisconsin Church Extension. Shortly after Midwest Church Extension was formed from a merger of Wisconsin Church Extension, Illinois Bible http://ifcava.blogspot.com/2008/06/midwest-church-extension.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tim Jeske)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258454427283103052.post-1393990872678567421Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:35:00 +00002008-06-25T18:15:55.757-07:00As this site is birthed, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself. Perhaps others participating could do the same. My name is Eric Nyborg with NICE, and I am the team leader of a church planting initiative in Oregon called “OUTREACH OREGON”. Our desire is to plant churches through evangelism in our needy state. You can check out our blog at learn more.My role on the team is to targethttp://ifcava.blogspot.com/2008/06/outreach-oregon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Outreach Oregon)0