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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Church Planting – The Most Critical Decision (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody (new) goes there any more . It’s too crowded. We covered that in part 1 of this post. Space affects momentum. Make no mistake about it. Your church has grown and now you are at the point that the lack of space is about to affect the momentum of your plant. It is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting – The Most Critical Decision (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2012/02/13/church-planting-critical-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Church planting is hard. If you’re a planter, I don’t need to tell you that. In terms of experience, you could tell me a lot more than I can tell you. My perspective is from someone who sees a lot of planters attempt to launch a church. There are so many important decisions along the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Generosity – The Fundamentals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we start 2012, I thought it might be good to review the fundamentals of growing generosity. My position allows me to see a lot of situations and I am amazed at the number of church and ministry leaders who do not fully understand even the basics. So, let’s review that here. What are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generosity Is Contagious</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2011/12/16/generosity-is-contagious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one behavior that constantly surprises people, it is the act of generosity. Many of us travel a lot. We tip hotel staff and even help people out that we meet along the way. Sometimes we choose to do this well beyond what we are “expected” to do. Have you ever noticed what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generous Churches Are Led By Generous Pastors</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2011/12/13/generous-churches-are-led-by-generous-pastors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generous churches are led by generous pastors. It’s possible to be a generous pastor of a non-generous church. But it’s nearly impossible to be a generous church that is not led by a generous pastor. This speaks directly to the level of influence leaders have on their communities. In many cases, the primary symptom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Recovery – My Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2011/07/26/the-great-recovery-my-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on vacation last week so I did not get to see The Great Recovery launch event live. I watched it this morning and I am blown away. If you thought you had seen Dave Ramsey on fire before, wait till you see him in this event. If you did not see it live, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Interview: The Lampo Group</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2011/04/06/guest-interview-the-lampo-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last ten months, I have gotten to know some of the folks at Dave Ramsey’s organization, The Lampo Group. I love not only what they are doing, but also how they go about it. I asked Debbie LoCurto, Vice President of Financial Peace University for Church, Military, Spanish, Momentum, and the Individual, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Indispensable Ingredient</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2011/03/30/the-indispensable-ingredient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in San Diego a couple of weeks ago to attend the Harbor Presbyterian MultiSite 3.0 conference. It is not a big conference, but I was impressed with the depth and breadth of the wisdom and counsel offered to the attendees, most of whom were planters or multisite campus pastors. My friend, Dick Kaufmann, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Multisite with Jim Tomberlin</title>
		<link>http://jimsheppard.net/2011/03/15/talking-multisite-with-jim-tomberlin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a chance to catch up with my friend, Jim Tomberlin, recently to ask him a few questions. Jim is a leading voice on multi-site churches. He began his multi-site church journey in the mid-1990s when he was the senior pastor of Woodman Valley Chapel. In 2000, he went on to pioneer the multi-site [...]]]></description>
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