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- July 14, 2025
How Will They Hear? Marketing Tips For Church Planters Marketing Strategy Template If you didn’t graduate with a marketing degree, creating a promotional plan for your new church can feel overwhelming. But effective outreach doesn’t have to be complicated. That’s why we created the Church Marketing Strategy Template—a free, step-by-step resource designed specifically for church read more…
- June 9, 2025
Church Facilities That Further The Mission 10 Popular Portable Church Venues One common complaint we hear from church planters on a regular basis centers on the lack of public gathering spaces in their community. They drive around their city and struggle to find spaces that align with their vision and fit their budget. However, we’ve read more…
- May 13, 2025
Adapting Ministry To Reach More People Religious Landscape Study Before planting a church, one of the most powerful steps you can take is understanding the spiritual landscape of your community. The Pew Research Religious Landscape Study is a fantastic interactive tool to help you do just that. This map breaks down religious affiliation, beliefs, and read more…
- May 5, 2025
Planting or relocating a church often means going mobile before securing a permanent location. Portable venues offer flexibility, affordability, and unique outreach opportunities—but choosing the right space can dramatically influence your church’s growth and impact. Here are ten (with a bonus one thrown in) of the most popular options for portable churches, each with its read more…
- April 9, 2025
Healthy Churches Do This Your Primary Role What are your main responsibilities as a church planter? Your primary responsibility is to lead and equip. You need to constantly and consistently cast vision, so people can see where God is leading the church. But you also need to equip them with the knowledge and training they read more…
- April 9, 2025
In the early years of the church, Christians were oftentimes considered atheists by their neighbors. That’s because Christians didn’t travel to a dedicated temple to worship their deity. Instead, they referred to themselves as the temple (1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19). They knew without a doubt that the church wasn’t a building, but a group of read more…
- March 11, 2025
Helping Newcomers Connect An Essential Ingredient One essential ingredient of every assimilation strategy is collecting contact information from newcomers. As our friend Greg Curtis, creator of Climbing The Assimilayas, says, “She’s not your girlfriend until you have her number, and they’re not your guest until you have their contact info because you can’t even begin to read more…