Tag: Church Revitalization
From Plateaued for 30 Years to One of the Fastest Growing Churches in the Country with Bob Riedy
By unSeminary: Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Bob Riedy from the Church of the Open Door (COD) in York, Pennsylvania. COD was started in the early 50s after breaking off of a mainline denomination. They experienced rapid growth for about 30 years, but then plateaued […]
Episode 425: Transitioning from Traditional to Missional
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 424 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss the challenges in transitioning a church from traditional to missional for a serial church planter. “I am a serial church planter working to transition a traditional church toward a missional mindset. How do you stay patient […]
Resisting Spiritual Colonialism & Ambulance Chasing
By Daniel Im: For this month’s segment, Ed and I had the privilege of talking with Mark Jobe, Lead Pastor of New Life Community Church. New Life currently has over 20 locations in the Chicago-land area. Replanting and Restarting Having successfully launched 25 locations around Chicago, 14 of which were restarts, […]