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Newsletter — February 2017
Investing Wisely Church Planting Primer Are you passionate about church planting? Be faithful with that passion and share it with others like your church, missions team, or friends. You can do this with the help of a free church planting primer created by New City Network. New City Network developed this […]
Equipping Parents To Lead Spiritually
Which Children’s Ministry goal is hardest for a church plant to achieve? Church plants have an inherent problem fulfilling one of the most common goals in children’s ministry. It’s the goal that states, “Parents are equipped to be the primary spiritual leaders of their children.” This is a great and […]
Newsletter — January 2017
New Year, New Vision Church Planter Training It’s been said, “God doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called.” If God’s called you to plant a church, he’s probably also calling you to prepare to plant. Having a calling doesn’t guarantee success in church planting. Passion. Vision will only take […]
Thanks for a Great Year!
It’s hard to believe, but we’re just about to wrap up 2016! This has been a fantastic year on many fronts and we want to take a moment and say thanks to all of you for being part of this incredible journey we call church planting. Thanks for what you do […]
Newsletter — November 2016
Thankful to be a Part of Planting Churches Keeping You Up At Night? Dear Church Planter, what keeps you up at night? Good News: You’re not the only one that has trouble sleeping! The pre-launch phase of starting a new church can be stressful, exciting, stretching, demanding, etc. So much […]
What preaching pathway works best for the early years of a church plant?
Use the first 3 years to establish your church and establish your people. Adopt flexible preaching pathways that free the pastor to lead. Preaching in the early years of a church plant establish the DNA of the church and establish a solid foundation for the people you attract. Or perhaps […]
Newsletter — October 2016
Church Planters Dig Deep in the Fall What is Passion for Planting? Are you a network? Are you managing partner? What do you do? Passion for Planting is the church planting ministry of New Life Christian Church located in Northern Virginia. Our residency program prepares future church planters to start […]
Rowing in the Same Direction — Effective Assimilation
Church planter Jeff Gauss was concerned. He was observing that the very people he was trying to attract to his church were unintentionally being made to feel excluded or inferior. “There was this barrier for our un-churched people who would come in to a small group and they felt like […]
Newsletter — September 2016
First Ever Exponential Regional Conference! Exponential Regional DC Map Here’s a sampling of points on the map of the folks who attended the Expo Regional DC conference . Just what we hoped for – people from our region were able to drive in for this 2-day event. If you were able to […]
The New Offering Basket
We live in the age of the internet. This is why large retail stores like Macy’s and Wal-Mart are closing physical locations and investing more resources into their e-commerce departments. They know they have to do this in order to compete with internet based companies like Amazon. If they don’t […]