Tag: church planting
Three Essentials for an Attractional Church Plant
By Drew Hyun: Over the past 40 years, the Christian church in America has been deeply impacted by the attractional church movement, a movement that emphasized for churches to be relatable and effective in reaching the unchurched. These attractional churches conducted services and programs in such a way that people would […]
Stepping Off The Time Machine
by Peyton Jones: Originally from America, I embarked for the most unchurched part of the UK where I served as a Pastor/Evangelist/Church Planter for 12 years. It prepared me for just about anything. Recently, a Polish photographer took photos in Wales’s capital city, Cardiff on a Friday night. I’ve tried to […]
4 Ways to Find Launch Members
By Daniel Im: The process of gathering a launch team is not an easy task. With the right training almost anyone can plan the launch, mail appropriate advertising, and prepare for people to come on the launch day. But molding an effective launch team is another story. There are several ways […]
What you need to do for your Christmas service
by Peyton Jones: This week Pete Mitchell and I take a look at what you need to do for your Christmas service. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. It’s Christmas time which means Christmas services and Christmas services means you may be getting people that do not normally […]
Church Planting and Differentiation
by Ralph Moore: Every new business needs to differentiate itself from all others. Else, why the need for a new business? Church planting necessitates differentiation. These days, being different may open otherwise hostile hearts and minds. We face a rising generation more interested in healing hurts and sustaining resources than they […]
Episode 217: Am I too old to Plant a Church?
by NewChurches.com: How old is too old to be a church planter? In Episode 217 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss what it takes to be a church planter, and if age has anything to do with it. Here’s Randy with today’s question: I am in my mid […]
Strong Leaders Mine “Crisis” Moments
by Ralph Moore: Leadership is a funny thing. Often it requires little more than looking at a situation from a different angle. Good leaders do this well. When dealing with “crisis” moments we can either let them beat us up, or we can mine them for the gems hidden within. Leaders […]
3 Keys to Increasing Church Planting Capacity in Denominations
by Ed Stetzer: A generation of Christians that has grown up with microwaves is also sold on the idea of movements. But rarely do these things go together. Movements are not instantaneous—they can explode (that’s what makes them movements) but they don’t just show up. It takes time to see if […]
Planting Churches in a Multiethnic Context
By Ray Chang: To understand what is a multiethnic church, we need to understand what multiethnic means. We also must understand the vision that God has for His church and where that vision comes from. What is a multiethnic church? Multiethnic is when a church is composed of one primary language […]
The Culture In The Middle
by Peyton Jones: The church planter called me up from Salt Lake City, Utah. He needed to talk about his culture. 99% of the nice side of town was affluent mormons, while the other side of the tracks was a shame based culture of failed mormons. He had been spinning his […]