Category: General Church Planting
Think Again: Why Religion is Good for Us
Today’s post is written by Mark Clark. Mark is Senior Pastor of Village Church in Vancouver, a close friend, and co-creator of our courses The Art of Better Reaching and The Art of Better Preaching. By Mark Clark Religious people live, on average, seven years longer than non-religious people. “Hold on, […]
How Can Jesus Be the Only Way?
by Craig Etheredge Jesus left no room for confusion. Jesus clearly said that He is the only way to salvation and reconciliation with God. In (John 14:6 ESV) He said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” on […]
How to Keep Leading (And Growing) When 10%, 20% or 40% of Your Church Disappears
By Carey Nieuwhof: One of the biggest challenges most pastors are facing right now is that a meaningful percentage of their congregation seems to have disappeared. Or at least they think that’s what’s happening. In the current climate of reopened in-person services, online church, so many people moving and the […]
Three Ministry and Volunteer Audits to Consider
Home > Blog > Three Ministry and Volunteer Audits to Consider Three Ministry and Volunteer Audits to Consider By Todd Adkins By Todd Adkins We cannot eliminate uncertainty. In this season of ministry, we can only address what is known. When it comes to the number of volunteers we need […]
Four Signs that You Might Believe in Easy Jesus
By Discipleship.org: Whenever someone says that they believe in Jesus, I always wonder to myself, Which Jesus? What I call “Easy Jesus” is a common alternative to the real Jesus in my culture and context. Easy Jesus is, of course, easy to believe in because he only teaches what I […]
Applying Pandemic Learnings from Church Online to Post-Pandemic Church with Jenn Clauser
By unSeminary: Thanks for joining in for this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Jenn Clauser, the Director of Communications at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio, Texas. She’s with us today to dig deeper into online church and how to integrate it as a core part of our […]
A Visible Presence
If you’re planting a church, think for a minute how your church will have a visible presence in your community beyond Sunday morning. Where will its collective presence be felt Monday through Saturday? Many established churches are visible in their community during the week because they have a building. However, […]
Outreach Strategy Template
If you’re a church planter, one of your responsibilities is to not only serve your neighbors, but to inspire and equip others to do it as well. As a leader you get to challenge your team members to serve their neighbors in a way that creates energy, excitement, and momentum […]
Prayer Walking
If you have a desire to share God’s love and truth with your neighbors this summer, your priority should be to pray for them. As it’s been said, “You can do more than pray once you have prayed, but you can’t do more than pray until you have prayed.” When […]
How To Lead Better One-on-One Meetings
By Shawn Lovejoy: Of all of the tensions you will face as a leader, the tension you will have the most self-doubt and inner turmoil over is the tension around the people you lead. I am talking about Team Tensions! Ever felt those? Thought so. So have I! While I […]