Utah Church Multiplication Summit Thursday, May 20 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. At K2 the Church – 193 W. 2100 S., SLC Church planters and church multiplication leaders will gather for a time of strategic collaboration and prayer focused on the needs and opportunities of Utah.  Our purpose is to build relationships, share vision, and [...]

The Utah Church Multiplication Summit, co-sponsored by Utah Advance, was featured in the print version of the Salt Lake Tribune on November 28. The same article featured by book “Understanding the Book of Mormon”. The book was made available to Utah church planters and leaders at the Summit. To read the article, go to “New [...]

On Thursday, November 19, 68 church planters and church multiplication leaders gathered in Salt Lake City for the second semi-annual Utah Church Multiplication Summit. The meeting was characterized by a strong feeling of God’s leading and presence, and tremendous excitement over a sense of divine synergy. Summit attendees represented 15 different denominations and movements that [...]

In late July, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life published “A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.”, based on an extensive survey of American religious life taken in 2007. One finding of the survey caught my attention. I have not seen any data documenting rates of deconversion from Mormonism since 1983 [...]

On November 19, Utah Advance is co-hosting a gathering of Utah’s key church planting leaders. The purpose of the event is strategic collaboration and prayer focused on the needs and opportunities of Utah. The Summit is a learning community dedicated to multiplying healthy churches in Utah’s unique cultural setting, through prayer, strategic thinking, dialog, personal [...]

One of the tasks of planting churches in any cultural setting – Utah or otherwise – is discerning what forms worship and church activity should take within the context of that local culture. Here are some insights from Ed Stetzer, taken from Ed’s blog, that can profitably applied when considering ministry in Utah’s unique culture. [...]

I got a phone call one day from a young man who was interested in planting a church in Ogden, Utah.  He had heard of my ministry and wanted to explore how I could help him.  This illustrates one aspect of my ministry at Utah Advance.  We spent some time talking about what model of [...]

The Utah Church Multiplication Summit last Thursday was a very positive event.  About 35 church planting leaders attended, representing about 15 different networks and denominations.  We spent time getting acquainted, sharing our vision, successes, and challenges, talking about how God seems to be working in Utah, and praying together. Representatives of four different church planting [...]

On Thursday, nearly 40 church planting leaders will gather in Salt Lake City for the Utah Church Multiplication Summit.  They represent almost 20  different agencies, each with an interest in promoting the multiplication of healthy congregations in Utah.  Represented are some traditional demoninations like the Evangelical Free Church and the Foursquare, some church planting networks [...]

The Exponential Conference, also known as the National New Church Conference, is the largest gathering of church planters in the US.  I was able to attend last week, in Orlando FL, with three guys from Mountain View Fellowship, one of the church plants I helped get off the ground. (Mountain View Fellowship, located in Heber [...]