Category: General Church Planting

PODCAST 050: Biblical Function of a Digital-Only Church, Part 1
by Jeff Reed: Can a digital-only expression of church hold up to the Biblical standard of a church? This is the question that we, here at The Church Digital and Stadia Church Planting, are wrestling with. Can you create community online? Sure! Can you worship? Of course! Can you pray digitally? […]

Outside the Box Multisite Church Launch
Home > Blog > Outside the Box Multisite Church Launch Outside the Box Multisite Church Launch By Bryan Rose If becoming a multisite church, or adding another campus, is on your vision-radar right now, chances are you are primarily thinking in terms of Sunday morning worship. Most multisite church expressions […]

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, […]