Category: Vision
Is Your Church a Country Club?, Part 1
Home > Blog > Is Your Church a Country Club?, Part 1 Is Your Church a Country Club?, Part 1 By Josh Laxton I have been involved at three country clubs in my life. The first CC was under my parents’ membership in Covington, TN. The second CC was as […]
Cast Vision Effectively
Home > Blog > Cast Vision Effectively Cast Vision Effectively By New Churches Team Seeing Clearly The word vision is commonly associated with eyesight. When I think about vision, I picture myself in the eye doctor’s office, covering one eye with a plastic spoon and calling out small lines of […]
Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change?
Home > Blog > Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change? Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change? By Todd Adkins In my early days of ministry, you would have found me guilty of viewing the people of our congregation as vessels to be filled instead of torches […]
PODCAST 098: Patrick Holden & The Potential Simplicity of Online Church
by The Church.Digital: Episode 97 was incredible! We did a deep dive into Creative Online Services with lead creative Craig Dockery at Crossroads Church. Incredible conversation, but man, Crossroads has a ton of resources and staffing to make their incredibly creative worship services happen. Most churches today don’t have large […]
Parachute Church Planting
Home > Blog > Parachute Church Planting September 9, 2020 Parachute Church Planting By New Churches Team Called to City Dan and Amber Sweaza met in Bible college in Texas. Soon after, they were called to a church in Florida, where Dan served as a youth pastor for ten years. […]
Building Vision and Culture
Home > Blog > Building Vision and Culture August 19, 2020 Building Vision and Culture By New Churches Team “Vision and culture are the things that build capacity and cause us to achieve the things that God has put in our hearts to do,” explains Chris Railey, lead pastor of […]
A New Normal
By: New Churches Home > Blog > A New Normal A New Normal By Ed Stetzer As states have begun varied and nuanced approaches to reopening businesses, parks, and more, we find ourselves asking more and more “How do we move forward?” I’m concerned about life after the pandemic, but […]
The Church is Messy, Isn’t It?
By: Brandon A. Cox The Church is Messy, Isn’t It? .et_post_meta_wrapper The church is messy, isn’t it? When I look around, I see that we’re often unsafe for the hurting, unkind to those who don’t see the world the way we do, and unlike Jesus in how we relate to […]
When Coronavirus Interrupts Your Plans
Home > Blog > When Coronavirus Interrupts Your Plans When Coronavirus Interrupts Your Plans By New Churches Team COVID-19 is affecting everyone in the world. And it is changing the landscape for the church. Maybe you were supposed to launch a campus or open your church plant in the coming […]
Church, We are Made for This
by Jeff Reed: Each morning as I walk our dog Louie I listen to a message. Recently I listened to four of my pastor friends from across the country; Brandon Grant of Rise City Church, Cody Walker of Hope City Church, Dave Pretlove of Life Church Reno and Mark Lee of VantagePoint Church. Each of […]