Category: Blog
Ideas and strategies for church guests in the "New Normal".
by Greg Curtis: It’s a humbling experience to be speaking alongside thought leaders of this caliber. I am so excited about this conference and the help it will give to all of us who strive to serve and connect guests….and it’s coming in just a few weeks from now! […]
The Growing Megachurch Isn’t Your Enemy. This Is.
By Carey Nieuwhof: Who are you really ‘competing’ against in ministry? It’s an interesting question, and you may be tempted to dismiss as either inappropriate or bad theology. Fair enough. Except a lot of leaders are competitive, and if you’ve ever felt yourself secretly resenting anything that seems to be […]
Leadership Development in Your Church
Home > Blog > Leadership Development in Your Church Leadership Development in Your Church By New Churches Team Everyone is doing leadership development in some fashion. We approach development in the way we have been developed. Some people are doing an apprenticeship model. Some are using a classroom model. Whatever […]
Disciple Making in Bradenton
By Ken Adams: I recently spent a week of vacation just outside of Bradenton, Florida in Ana Maria Island. Sunshine, ocean, sand, golf, seafood: it was a great week to relax. It was everything you could ask for in a beach vacation. However, I did have one unexpected highlight—I was […]
CNLP 372: Pat Gelsinger and Scott Beck on the Future Church, How to Connect with the People Watching Your Church Online and Why So Many Church Leaders Resist Tech
by Carey Nieuwhof: Silicon Valley titan Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of VMWare and former CTO of Intel, and Scott Beck, who scaled Blockbuster Video, Boston Market, Einstein Brothers Bagels and Ancestry.com, and is the Founder of Gloo, talk about how the future church can use technology to reach people and […]
What Are Your Motivations for Church Planting?
Home > Blog > What Are Your Motivations for Church Planting? October 14, 2020 What Are Your Motivations for Church Planting? By New Churches Team How We Identify with Our Work A job. A job is work someone does to get a paycheck and benefits. Ultimately, they are doing their […]
A Snapshot of a Disciple Making Relationship
By Stan Rodda: When it comes to making disciples, one of the areas that can be confusing is the relationship between people. Ultimately walking with others the way Jesus did is messy and personal. It’s all up in your time and business. There is a need for healthy boundaries at […]
Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change?
Home > Blog > Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change? Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change? By Todd Adkins In my early days of ministry, you would have found me guilty of viewing the people of our congregation as vessels to be filled instead of torches […]
Beyond Vanity Metrics and Algorithms: 5 Online Benchmarks Churches Should Start Measuring
by Carey Nieuwhof: How do you measure what happened at church last weekend? How do you know that you’re actually making progress? If the goal is to turn online views into real relationships and actual discipleship, any idea what to look for to know if that’s actually transpiring? The super-inflated […]
What Is Bivocational Ministry?
Home > Blog > What Is Bivocational Ministry? What Is Bivocational Ministry? By Hugh Halter My wife and I have served in bivocational ministry for over 25 years. With our first church plant, we served in the inner city, so we often faced the pressure of “Do we take more […]