Category: General Church Planting
Launching a Preview Service
Home > Blog > Launching a Preview Service Launching a Preview Service By New Churches Team It’s time for your first preview service. But who should you invite and how should you advertise? What should your preview services look like? Here are some tips for how to handle these three […]
A Surprisingly Accurate Way to See If Your Church or Organization Will Flounder After the Pandemic
By Carey Nieuwhof: So, any idea whether your church or business grow after the pandemic? Will things spring back to pre-COVID levels? Or will you struggle for years to come? With so much still up in the air, you might think that question is unanswerable. Well, yes and no. To […]
Someday | Part 2
By Stan Rodda: The prophet Habakkuk has much to teach us 2600 years after his life and work. Habakkuk teaches us that when it comes to seasons of waiting, we must embrace God’s promises and His people. You can read that post here. Habakkuk shares his burdens about the people […]
Someday | Part 1
By Stan Rodda: Just like everyone else, disciple makers experience seasons of waiting in life. Times when it seems that God is distant. Maybe He isn’t hearing your prayers or He has abandoned you for some reason. We can convince ourselves of nearly anything during this times of waiting. We […]
5 Negative Church-Leader Mindsets About Funding
By unSeminary: Do you lie awake and ponder how your church will meet its budget for this coming year? Are you wondering how to increase the generosity culture at your church? Is there a gap between the vision for which you believe God has called, and the funding your church […]
Need Encouragement? 6 Invisible Things Church Leaders are Doing Really Well Right Now
By Cary Nieuwhof: Feel like you need some encouragement? Doesn’t every leader right about now…? Most of what’s come at you in the last year has been discouraging…criticism from every side, events that are completely out of your control, operating in anything but ideal conditions. It’s a long list if […]
PODCAST 113: Justin Nava & Modern Evangelism by Pastor Google
By The Church.Digital: Research December 2020 tells us that 80% of people cold to Christ don’t care about our worship services, physical or digital. Event-based evangelism has been waning for years, and now COVID has effectively killed it off. While today’s large gathering church services do serve a purpose beyond […]
Business Leadership and the Church
Home > Blog > Business Leadership and the Church Business Leadership and the Church By Ed Stetzer There’s a perception that, as church leaders, we cannot take much from the secular business world and apply it to the church. In fact, many people often object to using business practices in […]
The Supernatural Fruit of Abiding in Christ
By Doug Holliday: John 14 concludes with Jesus and the disciples leaving the Upper Room, so Jesus’ teaching and prayer in John 15-17 happens somewhere between the Upper Room and the Kidron Valley opposite the Mount of Olives. On the walk down toward the valley, before crossing over and entering […]
Succeeding in Church Planting
Home > Blog > Succeeding in Church Planting January 20, 2021 Succeeding in Church Planting By New Churches Team Setting Your Priorities Most church planters are not successful because they lead the opposite of Jesus. In the Gospels, we see Jesus often trying to get away from large groups of […]