Category: General Church Planting
PODCAST 087: Stories & Strategy of a Digital-Only Expression of Church
By: The Church.Digital Thanks to COVID, lots of churches are operating digitally. They’re broadcasting their services online. Trying to start up Online Small Groups. As a general rule, they’re moving their physical ministry digital, or even learning how to do ministry phygitally (combining physical + digital). I’m suggesting there’s […]
The Extraordinary Calling of Ordinary People to Lead in This Season with Ken Costa
By: UnSeminary Welcome to this week’s edition of the unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Ken Costa, the founder of God At Work and author of four books including his latest, Joseph of Arimathea. He is with us today to talk about listening and leading in this season. Stop and listen. […]
6 Components of Authentic Discipleship that Work Online
By: The Church.Digital One of the greatest pushbacks against church online is that an online church cannot provide authentic discipleship because it is not authentic community. Though I will save the authentic community argument for another post, I want to make the case here that you can provide authentic discipleship […]
The Discipline of Celebration
By: Courage to Lead I have a confession. I am a recovering perfectionist. By nature things are rarely ever “good enough.” I did say I am recovering. I have grown tremendously in this area. These days I am able to embrace and enjoy the journey more because I have learned […]
The Church’s Role in Political Engagement
Home > Blog > The Church’s Role in Political Engagement June 22, 2020 The Church’s Role in Political Engagement By New Churches Team What Is Appropriate Engagement for a Church Pastor? “It’s impossible to do faithful urban ministry and not have some engagement with politics,” explains Watson Jones III, senior […]
5 Questions About COVID-19 that Your Church Might Still Need to Answer
By: UnSeminary One of the core takeaways from 2020 so far is that we all have lacked the imagination needed to see over the horizon. Who would’ve thought that this year would bring all the challenges that it has as it relates to coronavirus? Oftentimes people say that no one […]
PODCAST 086: Ali Roohi – My Church is Healthier Because of COVID
by TheChurch.Digital: I’ve talked with hundreds of Pastors in this COVID season. Easily. Not an exaggeration. If I count emails, texts, social media, direct messages, pings… geez, may be over a thousand. Never, never, NEVER have I heard a Pastor tell me this: “Our Church is healthier because of COVID.” […]
Thriving in Leadership
Home > Blog > Thriving in Leadership Thriving in Leadership By New Churches Team Leading in the church makes pastors prone to serving in crisis. Pastors come alongside and provide long-term care and encouragement to people who are in the midst of crisis. Church and ministry leaders are often second […]
Creating Safe, Spacious & Sanitized Services
by TheChurch.Digital: Welcoming back your folks is not going to be easy. Some have likened it to launching a campus or even planting a church. I don’t think it is gonna be that difficult, but I do acknowledge it’s not gonna be easy. That being said, with some focused coaching […]
Episode 509: How Evangelism Practices Have Changed During the Pandemic
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 509 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss how evangelism has changed during the pandemic. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How we use to practice evangelism Where people are more open Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): “Attractional ministry is gone for a while.” – @edstetzer “The […]