By NewChurches.com: In Episode 551 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed continue to discuss how COVID-19 has affected church planting.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

Why now may be the time to empower volunteers
How much caution is needed for staffing decisions

 Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“For all the new church plants, the question is should we staff differently?” – @danielsangi
“We are seeing a hesitation among many to step into a new hire experience.” – @edstetzer
“Let’s not rush to a higher level of staffing, let’s see how long we can go without adding additional staff.” – @edstetzer
“Times like this, you are going to find more and more people are going to be not even staffing themselves as a staff member.” – @edstetzer
“This is an opportunity to see just how much of an equipping leader you really are.” – @edstetzer
“If you don’t have a leadership pipeline, now is the best time to develop one.” – @danielsangi
“Right now the advice I am giving churches is to be a little more cautious about how they are staffing.” – @edstetzer

Recommended Resources:

Listen to Episode 547: What It Means to Be the Church in a COVID-19 Era, Part 1
Listen to Episode 549: What It Means to Be the Church in a COVID-19 Era, Part 2
Read Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
Take the Breaking the 200 Barrier course by Ed Stetzer

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