Tag Archives: Church Planting
Orlando Assessment Center Wrap-Up
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by markdoebler.
Sitting in Orlando on Friday night trying to decompress and process the events of an amazing week. ?As I stated earlier in the week, Lesley and I came to Orlando to participate in a Church-Planter Assessment at the Campus Crusade for Christ facility. ?An Assessment Center provides an opportunity for ministry couples who are dreaming [...]
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Church Planting Assessment Centers
Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by markdoebler.
Lesley and I are in Orlando this week to act as assessors for a group of hopeful church planters. ?It was roughly five years ago now that we made our way to a similar assessment in Chicago to place our future hopes and dreams in the hands of those who were doing what we are [...]
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Connect 09 – Day 1
Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Mark Doebler.
Lesley and I are in Orlando, Fl at the Coronado Springs Resort for a church-planter’s conference with our association called Connect 09. Church planting is a completely different animal than leading a pre-existing church and requires a different set of skills and contains a different set of challenges. This conference is designed to [...]
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Blogging Tournament – Championship Round
Posted on 23. Apr, 2008 by Mark Doebler.
INFORMATION IN THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED… PLEASE RE-READ
In the memorable words of Gomer Pyle (if you have to ask, you’re too young), “Surprise, Surprise!” Several weeks ago, I entered a blogging tournament with several other church planters around the country. We are down to the championship round, and thanks to you, I’m still writing. [...]
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Stone Walls
Posted on 28. Feb, 2008 by Mark Doebler.
We’re here in Chicago (Skokie, actually) for our TEAMerica church planters conference. TEAMerica is the church planting arm of the BGC that emphasizes and commissions church plants and planters. Lesley and I went through a very demanding week of assessment several years ago to discern our qualifications and ability to plant a church [...]

