Welcome to Church Planter Forum

Welcome to Church Planter Forum. You have been invited to participate in this forum because on your journey with Jesus you have sensed the Spirit is, or may be, calling you to start a new church with GCI.

Wherever you are on your journey, I hope the interaction you experience with others on this blog will help you. I hope you find it encouraging and inspiring as you share common experiences, challenges, trials and victories. I also hope the bonds of friendship you develop will serve you well as you continue to participate in Jesus' ministry according to the unique call he has placed on your life.

Please visit the CMM website from time to time (cmm.gci.org). We will continue to add to this site church planting resources and news updates on GCI church planting developments. The most recent additions to the CMM website include an interview I conducted with Ed Stetzer (pictured left). Ed is president of Lifeway Research and an experienced church planter. He will be one of the plenary speakers at the GCI International Conference in Orlando. In this interview I talk with Ed about God's mission and church planting. There are several short segments you can view as well as the full interview. Some of the questions I ask Ed include: "What are the first steps a church planter should take?" and "What are the most common mistakes church planters make?" Ed will also conduct two workshops in Orlando.

In addition to the resources on the CMM blog, we will provide resources on this blog to meet your particular needs. For instance, you can click the "Videos" button on the Church Planter Forum homepage to view the Stetzer interview. Eventually more resources will be added. Please let me know if you have any ideas for improving this blog or the CMM website.

Thank you for your response to the work of the Spirit in your life. I pray for you all often and look forward to the discussions we have on this blog.

Randy Bloom, GCI Church Multiplication Ministries director