The Rev. Mike Michie

Five Lessons in Leadership from General Tom Waverly

I didn’t start watching White Christmas on my own, I came to it by marriage. I’ll admit I watched it for the first time reluctantly, but now I watch it, at least once a year and for sure when we set up our Christmas tree, eagerly. I love…

Get out there!

I moved from Houston to McKinney to plant St. Andrew’s in August, 2004. There I was, in a town I didn’t know charged with planting a…

Three Ways a Diocese Can Support (and Undermine) a New Ministry

Each diocese has its own way of doing things and each Bishop is different when it comes to supporting mission development. In my own experience and in watching the ways different dioceses support their new minstries here…

TEC Parochial Report Stats from a Church Planter’s Perspective

Church Planting & Rest

Vacation is over, students are going back to school and rally-day season is in full swing. There is no better time…

The Necessity of Pastoral Care in Church Plants

Can Churches Learn from Google & Intel? YES!

Working as I do with church plants and entrepreneurial leaders, I’m often learning…

Once We are Done High-Fiving, What are We Going to Do?

Three Ways LeBron is like a Great Church Planter

Among the many super-cool aspects of my job is that I get to represent The Episcopal Church in the “Ecumenical Partners in Outreach” gatherings. These are mainline denominational evangelism and church planting leaders — my tribe! We were having…