Category: Blog
How the Crisis Probably Killed Your Vision (And How To Get It Back)
By Carey Nieuwhof: How’s your vision casting lately? I noticed something recently that surprised and disappointed me: Without realizing it, a few months ago, I stopped casting vision for my team. Which is really strange, because I’m a visionary, that’s what I do. And I’ve been leading with vision for decades. But […]
Are You Too Busy for a Family Devotion?
Stewarding Our Time By Wil Moore: I was recently having coffee with a dad who has 3 incredible kids. One is in college pursuing a communications degree, one is about to graduate, and the other is a junior. Two of the three are incredibly gifted athletes. One will soon play […]
Loving the Church You Serve with Carl Kuhl
By unSeminary.com: Thanks for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with church planter and lead pastor Carl Kuhl from Mosaic Christian Church in Maryland. Mosaic was planted in the fall of 2008, launching first in a movie theater, and has become one of the fastest growing […]
Getting Our Language Right
Home > Blog > Getting Our Language Right Getting Our Language Right By Ed Stetzer Missional has been the word of the new millennium. People, churches and mission agencies want to be missional, but where does missions fit in? If we are all missional, and everything we do is missional, […]
Newsletter April 2021
Incorporation Have you incorporated as a church? When starting a church, you don’t have to incorporate, but it does offer many benefits. One of those is the legal protection that it offers church leaders. Unfortunately, churches find themselves in the middle of legal disputes from time to time. If […]
Disciple Making must be Fueled by Solid Theology
By Discipleship.org: We change our oil every 3,000 miles. We rotate our tires every 6,000 miles. We can check lights, fluids, and tire pressure regularly. We can even subscribe to Motor Trend. Yet we can still run out of gas. My guess is that if you’re receiving this newsletter, then […]
Episode 583: Reconsidering Pitfalls, Landmines, and Blind Spots in Church Planting
By NewChurches.com: In Episode 583 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed reconsider the question posed in the very first podcast about pitfalls, landmines, and blind spots in church planting. “As a young church planter, what are some blind spots that I need to be aware of?” In This […]
4 Pressures Every Leader Faces (and How to Overcome Them!)
By Shawn Lovejoy: To wish every situation would be filled with ease and peace is to be naive. When circumstances go sideways, stress hits us head-on. Hear me leader… You are going to face pain. People are going to leave your team. Issues are going to arise. There will be […]
The Reset Summit
2020 was a year of disruption. While most churches figured out how to pivot in the face of COVID-19, most of us are wondering what’s next? How has this pandemic forever changed our world and affected our ability to make disciples and start new churches? What changes do we need […]
PODCAST 123: Justin Murff & Digital Lessons to Learn from the Global Church
By TheChurch.Digital: Let’s come to clarity. The Western church has done some things right over the years. That being said, there’s still a lot to learn. The mass accelerator of COVID changed all the rules, and as a result the church has more questions than answers, especially in the long-term […]