Category: General Church Planting

5 Ways to Launch New Campuses

.et_post_meta_wrapper By Portable Church Industries: After working with multisite churches for over 25 years, we have seen churches launch campuses a lot of different ways. We have found there are generally 5 main ways to do it – and they all come with a list of pros and cons. *Watch […]

5 Signs You’re No Longer Inspiring Your Team

by Carey Nieuwhof: Leadership is hard. I totally get that, because I’ve been in it for over two decades. But to be perfectly honest, leadership never gets easy. The reason it’s never easy is because what’s hard keeps changing. You solve one problem, and now a new, likely larger on […]

August 12, 2019 / No Comments / More

How a Type 8 on the Enneagram experiences your church and how to connect them

by Greg Curtis: Charles and is son Rainier. As a Three, people who want to kick the tires once the truck is moving, can just be in my way. Not Charles Stoicu. Charles can walk into a room and rally people, silently lead people through others he is raising up […]

August 11, 2019 / No Comments / More

CNLP 281: Heather Zempel with an Inside Look at Washington DC and Ministry Trends Among Young Adults and Post-Christian Culture

by Carey Nieuwhof: Heather Zempel is a biological engineer who started working as a policy advisor to a US Senator on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. She now works with Mark Batterson doing ministry on Capitol Hill. In a wide ranging interview, Heather describes the culture in DC during the […]

August 10, 2019 / No Comments / More

Why Church. in a Box Might Be Right for You

.et_post_meta_wrapper 5 reasons why you should consider Church. in a Box by Portable Church Industries: We often get calls from pastors who are saying they are wanting to launch soon or are on a tight budget and are not sure where to start. They are looking for a great system […]

August 9, 2019 / No Comments / More

How You’re Holding Back Your Team & 4 Reasons to Release Them

This is a guest blog post by Jenni Catron. Jenni is Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group and is a member of my new Speaking Team. You can book Jenni to consult with your team or speak at your next event here. By Jenni Catron Someone may be holding back your team. […]

August 8, 2019 / No Comments / More

Two Things to Know for Back-to-School Time

by Bobby Harrington: First – Learn from Disciple Making Leader: Steve McCoy, the leader of Small Circle Steve is one of our trusted disciple-making partners. Here’s what he told us about his ministry during our interview with him: Tell us about the name of your ministry. Our organization is called Small […]

August 7, 2019 / No Comments / More

CNLP 280: Ron Edmondson on The Essentials For Helping a Stagnant Church Grow Again, How to Handle Your Critics, and the Changing Landscape of Leadership

by Carey Nieuwhof: It’s easy to write off a stuck or plateaued church as irrelevant or bound to close, but that’s not what happened when Ron Edmondson became senior pastor of a church of 1000 in Lexington Kentucky. Under Ron’s leadership, Immanuel Baptist grew from 1000 attenders to over 3000 […]

August 6, 2019 / No Comments / More

How To Stop Wasting Your Time

by Shawn Lovejoy: Everyone is busy. The temptation is to think that just because we’re very busy, that we’re being effective, or productive. Let me be clear: Busy or not, if you are not being productive…you are wasting your time! I am more convinced than ever before, that we can […]