Category: General Church Planting
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 […]
You Should Catch a Glimpse of Jesus as He is Now
You Should Catch a Glimpse of Jesus as He is Now .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: When you imagine what Jesus looks like, do you picture him from an illustration from Sunday School? Perhaps a painting from the era of the Renaissance? Or maybe as he is often portrayed in movies […]
Insider View of the XP Role at a Fast Growing Church with Steve Smith
by unSeminary: Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Steve Smith, Executive Pastor of High Point Church in Chicago, with us today. As High Point Church grew and multiplied, it had to make some key shifts to the way it was structured. Listen in as Steve shares about […]
The Biggest Challenges in Churches
Home > Blog > The Biggest Challenges in Churches The Biggest Challenges in Churches By New Churches Team Every church faces challenges. Some of those are common to every church in America; some are unique based on your church’s location, culture, and congregation. No matter what your challenges are, you […]
3 Reasons To Start Online Small Groups
by Rey DeArmas: In my time spent leading church online, I’ve encountered many who are a bit slow to consider leveraging digital platforms for discipleship. I understand, Church Online has its share of critics. However, online small groups should be an easy win for the Church and help many more […]
4 Attitudes You Can Choose Today
4 Attitudes You Can Choose Today .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: Sometimes God takes me back to kindergarten, spiritually speaking. I spend time reading theological treatises, but I sometimes forget the most basic and simple of truths. Here’s one of those basic truths I sometimes struggle with: We choose our attitudes. […]
Dreaming of A Digital Church
By Jeff Reed: Exciting news for Church Online fans out there. I (Jeff) have accepted a role with Stadia Church Planting as Director of Digital Church Plants. For Stadia & The Church Digital, we’re defining a “digital church” as a church that plants/launches/starts virtually with an option to maybe one […]
How Do You Know When You’ve Made a Disciple?
Justin Gravitt: How do you know when you’ve made a disciple? It’s an important question, after all Jesus’ last words were for us make disciples as we go. It wasn’t a new mission, but rather one that He’d invited his disciples into very early in His ministry (Matthew 4:19). The […]