Category: Launch Team

Building a Culture of Generosity from Day One
By NewChurches.com Team: When planting a church, one of the last things many church planters want to talk about is finances. On the flip side, the challenge of financial sustainability is the single biggest obstacle facing many church plants. The challenge of church plant startup costs and developing a plan […]

How to Empower People in Ministry
By Annie Garman: How can we possibly lead well? In my 20 years of ministry experience, I’ve learned that doing it all yourself is not the answer. Even though it might feel slow, we’ve got to learn how to involve others and delegate things. Here are five practical ways to […]

How to Organize a Church Plant Door Hanger Campaign
by Patrick Bradley: It’s Saturday morning and your volunteers have showed up to execute your church plant door hanger campaign. Now what? You’ve already invested the time to design the door hangers as part of a larger campaign. And you’ve paid to have them printed. It would be a shame […]

5 Ways to Maximize Church Plant Door Hangers
by Patrick Bradley: Using church plant door hangers to get the word out about a new church can be effective. If you know how to maximize them. I’ve had multiple planters over the years use church plant door hangers. Some of those planters would tell you that they would absolutely […]

Call Me Back When You’re a Real Church
By Patrick Bradley: If you haven’t heard this response yet in your church planting journey, you will: “Call me back when you’re a real church.” Have a plan to address this before you’re hit with it. Oh, they never say it exactly like that. But when you invite someone to […]

Rapid Multiplication Approach to Multisite Expansion with Chris Hankins
by Rich Birch: Thanks for joining in for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I have Chris Hankins with me, the Lead Pastor of The Point Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Point Church has about 17 services across 9 locations on Sundays. With a total attendance of between 1500-2000 […]

5 Keys To Having Meaningful, Life-Giving Conversations With Non-Christians
guest post by Rose Meeder: At some point, if you are sincere about your Christian faith, you are going to have a conversation with someone about it. Or are you? Let me back up a minute, if “being a Christian” is something you take seriously, you are probably going to THINK […]

5 Tips for Helping Your Church Beat the Summer Giving Slump
by Rich Birch: Summer is on the way. For many churches that means some of our dynamics shift and change. People are more likely to be away on vacation. Families are taking their kids to summer camps. We can see a decline in attendance at our churches. On top of […]

We Lose Men to Save Men
by Peyton Jones: I have to warn you about this God of ours. I’ll let you in on a little secret about Him. He cares a lot about the people out there. So much so, that he’d sacrifice His own son to reach them…and he’d sacrifice you. Let me say that […]