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Handling sexual abuse claims with church leadership. #METOO
by Peyton Jones: This week Pete Mitchell and I discuss how to handle sexual abuse claims with church leadership. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here.This is a topic that has become more relevant in the past few months, being driven mainly from the entertainment and political industries, […]
Why Most Churches That Start Small…Stay Small
by Carey Nieuwhof: So…you want your church to grow, right? When I ask ministry leaders whether they want to see growth, almost every leader I’ve ever talked to says yes. Sure…there are some house church movements that want to stay small. And some long time or xenophobic churches have lost their appetite […]
Episode 250: Funding Multisite
by NewChurches.com: What does it cost to go multisite? In Episode 250 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, we share an excerpt from our Moving Toward Multisite Course where Geoff Surratt goes through different options for going multisite and helpful considerations in regards to funding. In this episode, you’ll discover: Important questions […]
3 Ways Almost Every Church Gets Stuck
by Carey Nieuwhof: At some point, almost every church gets stuck. If yours isn’t stuck right now, just wait a while. Every church and organization gets stuck at some point. Usually, churches get stuck because what was working stopped working, When that happens, leaders aren’t sure what to do. While figuring that out […]
CHURCH ZERO
by Peyton Jones: When Jesus ascended with His work unfinished, He knew that no one person was going to be able to follow in His wake. The five kitbags each represent a specific skillset necessary for a church leadership team, like a sapper, sniper, commando, Navy SEAL, and heavy weapons […]
Become a Level 5 Disciple Maker
by Bobby Harrington: Discipleship.org and Exponential pulled together top national disciple making leaders to map out 5 levels of disciple making. Our model shows people moving from conversion where a person starts as a spiritual infant (level 1) on up through levels 2 and 3 to reach level 4, a personal disciple […]
Why Your Church Should Send Out Temporary Launch Team Members
by Patrick Bradley: It can be scary for the sending church to send out temporary launch team members to help a church plant. But it can be a blessing to that church, the workers, and to the church plant. The Kingdom Math There are no guarantees in ministry. But I […]
Follow the Leader
by Peyton Jones: Paul was so inspired by Christ’s example of suffering, sacrifice, and death, that he imitated his Captain’s acts of heroism. In turn, he reproduced heroic men, and drew brave men to himself on his missionary journeys. A good leader who inspires courage in others cannot be underestimated. […]
The Top Book Recommendations of 12 Disciple Making Leaders
by Bobby Harrington: Discipleship.org asked the leaders of 12 Disciple Making ministries that partner with us to share their top 2 book recommendations. We told everyone to assume the recommendations of two classics: The Master Plan of Evangelism, by Robert Coleman and The Cost of Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We also […]
Super Teams
by Peyton Jones: The Avengers rocked the box office because the producers knew that superhero team ups offer much more than the spotlight on a solo hero. An interplay of highly specialized skills is necessary to slam evil, and advance the cause of Christ. If that’s the case with Superheroes, […]