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Saying ‘Jesus is Lord’ Today

by Bobby Harrington: We gathered in a small group and a lady in the group, who is a new friend of ours, stated her desire to be baptized. I was excited! The grace of Jesus had captured her, and our group was happy. This was a wonderfully momentous decision for […]

Church Plant Equipment Cost vs Time Diagram

by Patrick Bradley: Church planters pay for their church plant equipment somewhere on this church plant equipment cost vs time diagram: The bar continues to be set high for producing worship gatherings here in the US. Lights, sound and projection all come at a cost. To some extent, you get […]

May 5, 2017 / No Comments / More

Passion 4 Planting’s experience at Exponential East

by Sean Cronin: Last week the Passion for Planting team traveled to Orlando, Florida for the Exponential East Church Planting Conference. During our time there, we taught several workshops, and promoted our church planting resources and services to thousands of church planters. One of the highlights of our week was […]

May 4, 2017 / No Comments / More

Episode 169: Campus Pastor Competencies

by Daniel Im: What competencies do campus pastors need to be successful in their role? In Episode 169 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, we’ll talk about developing your campus pastors within your church’s leadership pipeline. In this episode, you’ll discover: The importance of a leadership pipeline in development Why development of campus […]

May 4, 2017 / No Comments / More

5 Reasons Your Church Needs to Do (At Least) Two Services Every Sunday!

by Rich Birch: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” – Jesus (Luke 10:2) It is a fact that doing one service every Sunday is easier than […]

May 3, 2017 / No Comments / More

Episode 170: Raising Funds Post Launch

by Ed Stetzer & Daniel Im: Your church has already launched, but you’re still in need of funds. What now? In episode 170 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, we’ll talk about some ways to fill financial gaps post launch. Here’s Byron with today’s question: How do you raise funds after the church […]

May 2, 2017 / No Comments / More

If You Aspire to Lead, Start Leading Right Now

by Brandon A. Cox: I’m afraid it’s all too common for people to have huge aspirations about who they want to become in the future, but almost no plan or willingness to get there. We love the idea of changing the world, but we fail to see that changing the […]

May 1, 2017 / No Comments / More

Exponential East 2017 Day 1 Main Sessions

Helen Keller once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” Today’s main session speakers challenged conference attendees to discern and pursue God’s unique vision and calling for their lives. Here are some memorable quotes from each speaker: “Don’t get stuck in the math […]

April 25, 2017 / No Comments / More

Exponential East 2017 Pre-Conference, Day 2

Such great content and wisdom being shared with us church planters at the Exponential East 2017 pre-conference day 2: Generosity & Fundraising Strategies Phil Ling Step 1: BUILD THE LIST People you need to add to your list: Start with your ‘Christmas card list’ High capacity givers Positional leaders Tribal […]