Category: Discipleship
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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 […]
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 […]
Opportunities During this Disruptive Time
by Jeff Reed: With church buildings closing and thousands of churches frantically broadcasting their Sunday services online for the first time in hopes of giving people an option, I have to wonder. Why? I mean, if we’re going to do a big production in the building on Sunday, I get […]
Triage Mode for Small Groups
by Jeff Reed: How are your office walls feeling around you right now? Like they’re closing in, Episode-4-trash-compactor style? (Congrats if you’re on the same page as me there) We’re only about 14 days removed from the entire Western world starting to shut down, having to look to work-at-home methods […]
Tips for Evangelism in a Post-Christian Era
Home > Blog > Tips for Evangelism in a Post-Christian Era Tips for Evangelism in a Post-Christian Era By New Churches Team In every generation, people have defeater beliefs. The question is, how do you deconstruct them? Defeater beliefs cause them to think Christianity can’t be the only way because […]
Thinking Outside of the Box with Your Livestream
by Jeff Reed: I realized something was up today when I saw many of my friends from seminary post their church’s livestream for the very first time. I didn’t realize what a groundbreaking thing video was because I have a lot of friends in the church online and digital ministry […]
Episode 471: The Importance of Evangelism
In Episode 471 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss why there has been a decline of evangelism. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: What keeps people from sharing the gospel Some specific seminary programs worth looking into Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): “We are drawn to tools and the end […]
Scripture Memory
by Replicate: The discipline of scripture memory has become, without a doubt, the most significant of the disciplines in my life. God has used scripture memory to not only bring about change and transformation in my life, but has used it to challenge and encouraged other believers. As we consider […]