Podcast: Learning to Gather: An Essential Church Planting Skill

Are you wondering what it actually takes to plant a church? Are you asking if you have the skills to do this thing? Listen to this conversation with Mike Turrigiano about the essential competencies for church planters to thrive and be healthy.

Resources

• Wondering if you are called to plant a church? Take the free self-assessment from Multiply Vineyard 10 Questions that could change the trajectory of your life. 
• Get Mike’s book How I Got There: The Tale Of A Spiritual Pilgrimage
• Read more from our guest Mike on his blog at MainandPlain.com

Our Guest

Mike Turrigiano

Mike Turrigiano has been planting churches, raising-up leaders, and equipping churches for over four decades. Mike began his Christian walk as part of the Teen Challenge program in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. As a result, he worked for Teen Challenge under, Don & David Wilkerson, throughout the 1970s running and starting a church. In 1979 the Turrigianos met John Wimber (who was then a church growth consultant) and began dreaming about starting what would be a Vineyard church in NYC. Since then they have done just that.

He and his wife, Char have become spiritual parents to many in the ministry today around the world. The Lord has called them to focus their energy full time on coaching, equipping, and caring for ministry leaders and their churches with their organization The Main and The Plain.

The Turrigianos have been married for 45 years. They live in Brooklyn, New York and have two sons, six grand children and two great grand children. They enjoy relaxing and having dinner with friends.