Category: Blog
CNLP 230: Pete Scazzero on Why So Many Successful Leaders Are Emotionally Immature, How to Tell Whether That’s You, and How to Become Emotionally Intelligent and Spiritually Mature
by Carey Nieuwhof: Pete Scazzero will be the first to tell you that while he was successful on the outside as a leader, he was immature on the inside, and his wife had had enough. That moved Pete on a journey to figure out what was wrong and how to […]
5 Ways Your Church Can Use Text-Messaging to Reach More People
by Brandon A. Cox: 59% of millennials who grew up in church have dropped out. Why? That’s a huge can of worms. There are plenty of theories – some based on data and others based on mere opinion. I believe at least one reason why we’ve failed to reach this younger generation of […]
Nine Systems Within a Church Planting System
By Ed Stetzer: Looking across the spectrum of church planting networks and denominations, there are nine basic systems that make up a typical Church Planting System in a North American church planting network. Prayer A prayer strategy is the lifeline of any church planting network. One example of this is a […]
The Single Best Way To Fully Motivate Your Team
by Carey Nieuwhof: See if you recognize this. There are some kinds of leaders (often in churches and not-for-profits) who are wonderful with people, but whose organizations don’t produce great results. Often there’s little accountability, a general drift, poor metrics and just a lack of overall excellence. But the leader’s a […]
Creating Community Over the Christmas Holidays
By Daniel Im: We all tend to spend our holidays in different ways. Some of us spend it with our families, others alone. Some with big Turkey feasts and others with mac and cheese or bbq chicken from the grocery store. However, the one thing that stays constant throughout the holiday […]
How to Gain Discipleship Impact with Limited Time
by Jim Putman: Jesus modeled relationship by being with His disciples. Being an intentional and relational leader means making time to spend with those you are discipling. Disciple Makers are more likely to accurately evaluate their disciples growth stages and aptitude if they spend time together. If Jesus had interacted with His disciples only once […]
Episode 337: The Importance of Children’s Ministry in Church Plants
In Episode 337 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed answer the question about how much focus a new church should dedicate to their children’s ministry. Here is today’s question: ” When you start a new church, would you focus on children’s ministry? Should that be your primary focus? […]
Social Media, Communications & Your Church with Katie Allred
by Rich Birch: Today we have a returning guest to the podcast! Professor Katie Allred is someone you may know from this show or from the Church Communications group on Facebook. She teaches courses in Consumer Behavior and Audience Engagement at the University of Florida and in Database, Software Development […]
5 Signs The Enemy (Not God) is Winning In Your Life and Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: Only the crazy people believe in evil and an actual Enemy, right? Well, that’s kind of what I used to think too. As a young Christian, I believed that what the scriptures taught about evil was accurate, but accurate in a this happened thousands of years ago kind of […]
Episode 336: How to Exegete Your Community
In Episode 336 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd answer the question about how to exegete your community. Here is today’s question: “What is the best way to exegete your community in order to know your context as you plant your church?” In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How […]