Category: General Church Planting
The Coming Church Split (It’s Not What You Think)
Is there a split in the future church ahead? Unfortunately, I think the answer is yes. It’s not your typical (and usually awful) church split about doctrine, polity, personality or the color of the carpet. It’s bigger than that, and for the most part, you won’t even realize it’s happening […]
Barriers to Leading Change
By Ken Adams: Good leaders understand a necessary part of their job is leading change. They understand the need for change and they have the desire to lead it, but often they face major obstacles in bringing it about. Barriers to change can cause even the best leader a great […]
How to Accommodate – and Engage – Kids in a Multisite or Portable Church Venue
.et_post_meta_wrapper By Portable Church Industries: Creating an irresistible, welcoming environment for young families and their children is extremely important. Launching a new church or campus in a rented facility offers many benefits that permanent locations don’t: lower cost, speed, flexibility, community partnership, and volunteer engagement. That said, creating an excellent […]
Pitfalls and Possibilities of VR Church with Jonathan Armstrong
By unSeminary: Thanks for tuning in to this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Dr. Jonathan Armstrong today, an educator who has also helped run the virtual reality (VR) lab at Moody Bible Institute. Our perspective on what technology is and how it’s affecting our world keeps changing. In fact […]
Ecclesiastes Can Help Us Emerge From Quarantine
Home > Blog > Ecclesiastes Can Help Us Emerge From Quarantine Ecclesiastes Can Help Us Emerge From Quarantine By Michael Kelley In Ecclesiastes, we find an almost scientific reflection on every pursuit ultimately leaves one disappointed. Our natural propensity is to find something that brings us the slightest amount of […]
God’s Love Language
By Craig Etheredge: In 1992, a book was published that took off like wildfire. To date, it has sold more than 10 million copies, has been translated into 50 different languages, and earned a spot on Amazon’s top 100 best seller’s list of all time. That book is “The 5 […]
Episode 589: Student Ministry in a Micro-Church Context
By NewChurches.com: In Episode 589 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss what student ministry can look like in micro-churches. “How, as we launch micro-churches or small church plants, can we encourage and develop strong student ministries?” In This Episode, You’ll Discover: What student ministry looks like in […]
PODCAST 127: Dave Ferguson & The Ecclesiology of a Phygital, Digital-Only and/or Multimodal Church
<span id=”hs_cos_wrapper_post_body” class=”hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text” data-hs-cos-general-type=”meta_field” data-hs-cos-type=”rich_text”><span id=”hs_cos_wrapper_post_body” class=”hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text” data-hs-cos-general-type=”meta_field” data-hs-cos-type=”rich_text”></span></span> By TheChurch.Digital: I ran into Dave on Twitter, talking similarities between Micro-church and Digital-Only churches. But what started out as a digital/micro convo quickly got much larger talking about many other models of church. What lessons is Community […]
Prioritize Sharing the Gospel in Times of Crisis
Home > Blog > Prioritize Sharing the Gospel in Times of Crisis Prioritize Sharing the Gospel in Times of Crisis By Ed Stetzer As we look forward to moving through 2021––and past 2020––we need to learn from the crises we’ve faced over the last year. Lots of challenges have been […]
The Biggest Obstacle of Disciple Making
By Justin Gravitt: I was wrong. Four years ago, I wrote that the biggest barrier to discipleship was busyness, but it’s not true now, and honestly, it doesn’t look like it was true then either. At the time, I quoted from Barna’s recently published “The State of Discipleship” study in […]