Category: General Church Planting
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 […]
Church Live Video Streams Weekend Service from Remote Location
by Jeff Reed: With the reductions and restrictions of large gatherings over the past week, churches all over the world have been forced to create a space for their church family to gather together on the weekend, without physically being next to one another. For portable City Light Church in […]
Never Stop Going Deeper
Never Stop Going Deeper .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: Pine trees grow fast. That’s why pine is the cheapest of woods to purchase for building projects. Pine tree farms can raise a crop of trees to maturity in a decade. The strength of a pine tree is also its greatest weakness. […]
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 […]
Growing Spiritually Through Three Years of Self-Quarantine
Growing Spiritually Through Three Years of Self-Quarantine .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: As I write this, almost 40% of the American population are in lockdown-mode. Governors in several states have ordered the closing of schools, restaurants, bars, clubs, and other public gathering spaces. And even with the modern phenomenon of online […]
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 […]
God Fiercely Protects His People
God Fiercely Protects His People .et_post_meta_wrapper By Brandon Cox: Ever messed with a mamma goose? Few mistakes are more costly! The writer of Psalm 91 uses the picture of a protective parent bird to illustrate the fierceness of God’s guardianship over his people. Surely he will save you from the […]
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 […]