Category: Blog
How Pastors can Pivot for Discipleship and Community in a Distributed World
by TheChurch.Digital: In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a significant change in how the church uses digital platforms for gathering communities together. In the months to come, the question I’ve been asking myself is, “How far back will the pendulum swing?” My prayer is that the church embraces technology […]
PODCAST 058: What Does It Mean to be On Mission During Coronavirus?
by Jeff Reed: What is the role of the Church? In this Coronavirus season, that is a difficult question. How do we broadcast our church service online? By far this is the most popular question the church is asking in this Coronavirus season. While it’s a valid question to ask, […]
Episode 478: Launching a Downtown Campus
In Episode 478 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss launching a campus in downtown. “What advice would you give me to launch a campus in the downtown area of my city?” In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why knowing what parking is available is vital in a downtown […]
Invest
For I have given you an example, you should do just as I have done for you. (John 13:15) By Katie Yates: Different seasons in life have brought about opportunities to grow in my friendships with others. In my years as a youth pastor, it was always clear as to whom […]
Episode 486: Introducing Church Membership
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 486 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss how to introduce church membership as part of a church plant. “I am calling in with a question regarding introducing church membership as part of launching a church. I’m in a team which is planting in […]
Four Tips for Training Up Good Online Small Group Leaders
Psst. Church leaders. Let’s rap about Zoom. You know the whole video conferencing thing that has become even more of a thing in the last few weeks, as COVID-19 has taken over? I don’t want to talk about the stock price ZOOM-ing incredibly high (even if people are buying the […]
Payroll Protection Program for Church Plants – Tips & Tactics
by Patrick Bradley: The US government has approved a stimulus package to help small businesses and nonprofits across the country. And it’s OK to use the Payroll Protection Program for church plants. Have you seen the daily webinars about this? It’s been a fast moving target since the government wrote […]
Part Two: A Hub and Spoke Model to Create Digital Community for Small Groups and Sunday School
In part one of this article, we looked at four important criteria for creating digital community in your church, and gave some quick recommendations if you want to pursue a decentralized approach where you empower individual group leaders with one or more suggested platforms, provide coaching and training on those […]
Continuing Intentional Community in a Socially Distant World
A mentorship relationship starts with purpose and intentional relationship. Kevin stated that, “More time with fewer people is greater kingdom impact.” At Radical Mentorship, their mentorship groups are high commitment, as they call their participants to application and high standards. Radical Mentoring’s groups meet once a month for three hours […]
Church Live Video Streams Weekend Service from Remote Location
by Jeff Reed: With the reductions and restrictions of large gatherings over the past week, churches all over the world have been forced to create a space for their church family to gather together on the weekend, without physically being next to one another. For portable City Light Church in […]