Category: General Church Planting
3 Easy Ways To Evaluate A Team Member’s Performance
by Shawn Lovejoy: You can build a great career based on your skill set and talent alone. However, if you want to build a legacy, you have to learn to build and develop other leaders. Calling out and nurturing the potential of those on your team not only solidifies your […]
Your Crisis Stories
by DiscipleFirst.com: Jesus can use your greatest weakness as your greatest witness. Up to this point, we have been talking about your testimony; your salvation story. But I’m sure that as you think back over your life, you could find many stories — outside of your salvation — where Jesus […]
5 Overlooked Volunteer Recruiting Tactics for Your Church
by unSeminary: Your church moves forward largely on the backs of the volunteers you recruit. The local church is a volunteer engagement organization. At the center of any church staff members’ role is the recruitment, reward, and retention of a great volunteer team. Are you sharpening your skills when it […]
Your Pain Always Has a Point
Your Pain Always Has a Point .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: A. W. Tozer once said, “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.” Tozer wrote those words in a previous generation of Christianity. He did not intend to imply that God wishes […]
Episode 438: How Do We Go From Two Services to One and Keep Momentum?
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 438 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss if it is possible to move from two services to one and not lose momentum. “Our oldest and flagship campus – currently we have five campuses at various stages of growth – is considering moving from […]
5 (Nearly Universal) Principles That Generate Growth
by Carey Nieuwhof: Almost every leader I know would love to see growth. The question, of course, is how. While growth has a certain mystery to it, and there are nuances that vary depending on your context, there are some principles that, in my experience, are nearly universal. Here are 7 […]
Urban Church Planting that Thrives with Scott Ancarrow
by unSeminary: Welcome to this episode of the unSeminary podcast. This week we have Scott Ancarrow joining us. He is a church planter and leader from The Foundry, which launched in 2013 in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Scott is with us today to talk about church planting in a city and […]
CNLP 301: Albert Tate on How to Add Humour to Your Talks, Porn, Sex and Handling the Pressures of Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: Albert Tate is one of the funniest conference speakers and preachers around today. In this episode, Albert breaks down how he finds comedic moments and how to deliver them. In addition, Albert talks candidly about his struggle with porn, deep accountability, sex and how to handle the […]
The Number One Killer Of Church Planters, Part 2
Home > Blog > The Number One Killer Of Church Planters, Part 2 The Number One Killer Of Church Planters, Part 2 By Ben Connelly In part 1, we examined the names and faces of pride in Scripture. In part 2, we will continue this discussion with Israel’s leaders and […]
Fresh Expressions – Cultivate: Coffee and Tea
by Healthy Growing Churches: In July, we introduced a new series called Fresh Expressions of the Church. Since that time, we have talked with some incredible, visionary leaders who are thinking outside the box with regards to “church.” Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Matt Chesney from Eagle Ridge […]