Category: Blog
From Plateaued for 30 Years to One of the Fastest Growing Churches in the Country with Bob Riedy
By unSeminary: Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Bob Riedy from the Church of the Open Door (COD) in York, Pennsylvania. COD was started in the early 50s after breaking off of a mainline denomination. They experienced rapid growth for about 30 years, but then plateaued […]
Hiring Practices During a Pandemic
Home > Blog > Hiring Practices During a Pandemic Hiring Practices During a Pandemic By New Churches Team Even though we have been in a months-long pandemic, some churches are in a good place financially. Giving has been good, they’ve been cutting expenses, and now they are ready to hire. […]
3 Ideas For Increasing Your Influence With Gen Z
This post on influencing Gen Z is written by Shane Sanchez. Shane is The InsideOut Director for Gwinnett Church (a campus of North Point Ministries.) I recently interviewed Shane on ChurchPulse Weekly. You can listen to the interview here. By Shane Sanchez Does the idea of influencing the next generation […]
Newsletter October 2020
The Future in Church Planting Funding Bi-Vo PlanterPlan Template If you’re planning on planting a church while working another job, you may be worried about having enough time and energy to plant a healthy church. There are countless details that must be thought through and planned out in order to […]
Pandemic Disciple Making: Dwelling in Darkness
By Justin Gravitt: Are you afraid of the dark? is more than a 90’s TV series. If you listen closely during this pandemic, you’ll likely hear screams bubbling up from within. The show centered around the “Midnight Society,” a group of teens who gathered together to tell spooky stories. Their […]
Is America Burning Out? (How to Minister to an Exhausted, Cynical Culture)
by Carey Nieuwhof: You know that people burn out. In fact, given the way you feel, you may have asked whether that’s what happening to you. But here’s a deeper question. Can a culture burn out? And if the answer is yes, any chance that’s happening to America in this […]
Episode 532: Staffing for Planting a Church or Campus During COVID-19
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 531 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss staffing a new church plant or a new church campus during COVID. “When you think about a campus launch, and you want to launch during COVID, what does a staffing configuration look like? How much of […]
7 Observations On the State of the Church
.et_post_meta_wrapper by Portable Church Industries: Good news – Portable churches are meeting live again! It has still been slow in coming but the momentum can be felt across the country now. Like light at the end of this COVID tunnel, our teams are being asked by church planters and multisite […]
PODCAST 098: Patrick Holden & The Potential Simplicity of Online Church
by The Church.Digital: Episode 97 was incredible! We did a deep dive into Creative Online Services with lead creative Craig Dockery at Crossroads Church. Incredible conversation, but man, Crossroads has a ton of resources and staffing to make their incredibly creative worship services happen. Most churches today don’t have large […]
The Future of Disciple Making: Four Focus Shifts Churches Must Make NOW
By Justin Gravitt: The future is coming. If you look closely toward the horizon you can see a hint of light pushing against the darkness. As the future rises now is the time to seize the day! Though we currently sit in the darkness of the in-between, a new day […]