Category: Philosophy of Ministry

Why Your Vision Statement Is Overrated
by Shawn Lovejoy: Every organization has a vision statement. Does a well-worded vision statement grow an organization? Vision statements are a dime a dozen as far as I’m concerned. At the end of the day, a vision statement is just a statement. It has no life on its own. It […]

Planting With the Intention of Multiplying
Home > Blog > Planting With the Intention of Multiplying Planting With the Intention of Multiplying By Ed Stetzer Today, I want to dive deeper into a few questions that new churches typically ask: If I’m a new church, should I plant another church? Should I wait and let my […]

Episode 427: Collaborative Church Planting
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 426 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed, along with Neil Power and John James, discuss collaborative church planting and reaching your city. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How a generosity of Spirit helps you overcome tribal boundaries Why there is a great need for […]

Church Multiplication, Church Planting & Multisite with Daniel Im
by unSeminary: Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. This week we are joined by Daniel Im, an author and teaching pastor at the Fellowship Church in Nashville. Daniel is from Canada, and he has traveled across the world to help plant churches. He has been in Nashville for the last four […]

Challenges in Urban Church Planting
Home > Blog > Challenges in Urban Church Planting September 18, 2019 Challenges in Urban Church Planting By New Churches Team Urban Church Planting When it comes to planting a church in an urban setting, there are a few unique challenges. The cost of doing ministry in an urban setting […]

Episode 422: Principles of Collaboration
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 422 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd, along with Dennae Pierre, discuss reaching a city through collaboration. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The boundaries you need to be willing to cross to collaborate How to avoid competition in collaboration Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): “If it […]

Powerful Currents to Saturate Your City for Christ with Tim Lucas
by unSeminary: Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. This week we are joined by Tim Lucas, lead pastor of Liquid Church in New Jersey. Liquid Church’s name is a reference to how Jesus called Himself the living water; the founders of Liquid use the name as a way to remind people […]

Fresh Expressions: Tampa Underground Network
by Healthy Growing Churches: A few weeks ago, we shared the story of River City Church and how they are doing church differently. Today, we want to share the story of The Tampa Underground Network. As we’ve stated before, we hope that by sharing these stories with you dreams, vision, […]

CNLP 287: J.D. Greear and Todd Wilson on Why The Future Church Is a Multiplying Church, How to Overcome a Scarcity Mindset and How to Start Reproducing Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: For the first time ever, Outreach Magazine has produced a list of the Top 100 Reproducing Churches. Why? The future isn’t just in growth, it’s in multiplication if the church is going to thrive. J.D. Greear, Lead Pastor of the Summit—a multiplying church— and President of the […]

Help Gaining Clarity in a 20 Year Old Church with Rick Raiford
by unSeminary: Thanks for joining us for this episode of the unSeminary podcast. This week we’re talking with Rick Raiford, the executive pastor at Daystar Church in North Carolina. Daystar started as a small country church in Greensboro, North Carolina and over the past twenty years has grown to become […]