Author: Brian Harper


Training Disciples: Why Do Learners Not Change on the Pathway?
Over the years, I have had the privilege of walking with many followers of Christ as we seek to follow Him together and obey Him. In my praying and making


Church Planter Birthday Celebration
As I took the call from a planter in training who is already working and leading a small urban congregation, I did not know what the need could be early


Good News: The Essence Of Planting
As I visited a collegiate church plant – Church at the Oaks in Tuscaloosa – I was so encouraged by the number of students seeking to be disciples and make


Church Planting – Returning to Our Roots
In the 1950s, there was a Gospel movement in Alabama and many community churches were planted. Baptist evangelists opened up revival meetings in new areas, and churches were started. New


The Complexity and Simplicity of Discipleship
Over the past week in facilitating church planter training on discipleship, I was once again challenged by the need to focus on making disciples. If the Gospel is planted in


Looking Beyond VBS
As I traveled throughout Alabama this month, I saw a great number of signs for vacation Bible school. After a couple of years of covid and adjustments in church outreach


Focusing Our Many Passions Into a Christ-Centered Desire to Plant
Years ago, while I served as a student missionary in Ecuador, I had a summer missionary in our ministry participate in an interview with Rachel Saint. She, along with others,


The Power to Faithfully Remain in the Harvest
One of the most difficult things in life sometimes is to persevere even in the face of challenges. In church planting, there is a point where the honeymoon is over


Plant the Gospel and See the Church Planted
During the past two decades, there has been a growth in a surge of church planters. As I have coached and walked with church planters, I have realized that God