Category: Blog
3 Shocking Statistics That Show How Quickly, Radically (and Permanently?) Church Is Changing in 2020
By Carey Nieuwhof: When you’re in the middle of a disruption, it’s hard to know exactly what’s changing, let alone how deeply or permanently things are changing. As 2020 soon draws to a close, there are three numbers that, at least for me, show how quickly, radically and perhaps permanently […]
Episode 538: Creating Equippers
By NewChurches.com: In Episode 538 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss why it is important to be an equipper who develops equippers. “My team is full of doers, not equippers. What do I do?” In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Where to start in shifting from doing to […]
Cast Vision Effectively
Home > Blog > Cast Vision Effectively Cast Vision Effectively By New Churches Team Seeing Clearly The word vision is commonly associated with eyesight. When I think about vision, I picture myself in the eye doctor’s office, covering one eye with a plastic spoon and calling out small lines of […]
What Are Micro Churches?
Home > Blog > What Are Micro Churches? October 21, 2020 What Are Micro Churches? By New Churches Team The Idea of Micro Church Ralph Moore is an author, speaker, and serial church planter. In 1966, When he was 19 and a student in a Bible, he decided to read […]
Now That You’re Online Far More: How to Handle the Critics, Trolls and Weirdness
By Carey Nieuwhof: Ready or not, both you and your church are online more than ever before. You’re streaming your services live and posting clips and videos on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. Handling the tech is one thing, but a question many don’t think of is how to handle […]
How Do You Measure Church Plant Success?
Home > Blog > How Do You Measure Church Plant Success? How Do You Measure Church Plant Success? By New Churches Team Timing for how to measure church plant success can be tricky. There are two big phases: (1) core and launch team development and (2) going public. Core and […]
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 […]