Category: General Church Planting

Episode 467: Am I Called to Be a Church Planter?
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 467 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss discerning a call for church planting. “I’m slowly trying to discern whether or not I am called to be a church planter. What do you suggest as when to ask a pastor for training or what […]

Essentials of a Discipleship Group: Prayer
By Replicate: Even though Prayer is the seventh item on the Replicate list of nine essentials of a Discipleship Group, it could easily be first: prayer ought to permeate every part of the discipleship process. Think about it, before we even begin our discipleship group, we’re praying for God to […]

Insights into Thriving Relationships Between Elders & Senior Church Leaders with Ben Cachiaras
by unSeminary: Thanks for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. This week we’re talking with Ben Cachiaras, lead pastor of Mountain Christian Church. Mountain Christian Church was founded back in 1824 and currently has four campuses in Maryland. Ben is with us today to talk about how to foster […]

What’s the Difference? Shepherding vs. Disciple Making
by Justin Gravitt: Clarity breeds brevity. Lack of clarity leads to lots of words. Our churches today lack clarity on disciple making. That confusion is evident by the long list of words used interchangeably such as discipleship, coaching, mentoring, disciple making, and shepherding. Unfortunately, these words aren’t synonyms. Instead of […]

How Do You Create a Culture of Sending
Home > Blog > How Do You Create a Culture of Sending How Do You Create a Culture of Sending By New Churches Team Every church starts as a church plant. And often they start with a lot of missional energy that gets lost over time. Sometimes many years go […]

4 Reasons Leaders Need Rest
by Shawn Lovejoy: We are not wired to function without rest. Take a moment and personalize that. YOU are not wired to function without rest. This is true on a base human level, but it is a good lesson for leaders as well. “Burning the midnight oil” is a great […]

Episode 466: How to Develop a Plan for Leadership in Your Church for 2020
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 466 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss developing plans for leadership in your church. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why a leadership pipeline is helpful How to provide effective training to the entire church Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): “Whatever you are going to do, […]

Essentials of a Discipleship Group: Accountability
Is Accountability Really That Important? By Replicate: In case you see the title and want to skip right to the answer before clicking off of this article, I’ll give you the answer now: Healthy, accountable relationships in our lives is one of the most important contributors to our spiritual growth. […]

Plan A
by Healthy Growing Churches: Each generation that has ever lived believed that they were living in the most interesting and challenging time in history. The questions they had to answer were more significant than the previous generations, and the barriers to greater humanity were more overwhelming than any other age […]

Discipleship vs. Disciple Making
by Bobby Harrington: Discipleship-first friends, One of the things we champion at Discipleship.org is an emphasis on disciple making. We value the use of the expression “discipleship”—enough to name our whole ministry after it!—but we also appreciate the clarity that comes from a focus on disciple-making. With permission, I am republishing a […]