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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 […]
PODCAST 051: Ed Stetzer & Defining a Successful Church
by Jeff Reed: What makes a successful Digital Church? Church Online? Church overall? What is it? I’ll tell you what it’s not: our Sunday morning attendance numbers… yet this is where many of our analytics (and attention, for that matter) stop. A quote from Ed Stetzer years ago has always […]
Three Characteristics of Church Planting Systems
By Ed Stetzer: Three basic findings describe where North American organizations are collectively in adjusting their systems to equip churches to become church planting churches. Implementation of Church Multiplication Practices First, we are seeing significant attempts to implement church multiplication practices into church planting systems, particularly in an organization’s vision and […]
Episode 337: The Importance of Children’s Ministry in Church Plants
In Episode 337 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed answer the question about how much focus a new church should dedicate to their children’s ministry. Here is today’s question: ” When you start a new church, would you focus on children’s ministry? Should that be your primary focus? […]
What if Everyone Leaves Your Church…to Plant More Churches?
By Ed Stetzer: People in your church are going to be nervous. They’re going to say, “Now, wait a second. If we send people out, won’t our church decline?” Statistically, the most likely scenario is that it won’t. Jeff Farmer (researcher and professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) did a […]
Episode 303: Core Groups vs Launch Teams
by NewChurches.com: The terminology, ‘core group’ and ‘launch team’ fundamentally mean something different. In Episode 303 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss the fundamental differences between core groups and launch teams. Should I start with a core group or a launch team? In this episode, you’ll discover: […]
Two Church Planting Startup Models
By Ed Stetzer: It is important to remember that ‘missiology’ is not a thing. It is things. Some people say, “We just have to think missiologically.” But, they need to know that a missiology of a tribal people group in Papau New Guinea is very different than a missiology of Chicago’s […]
Why the Church Needs Volunteers
By Ed Stetzer: Most of us know how essential volunteers are to making sure our churches are as effective as they need to be. Churches need to develop an ethos of valuing volunteers, but in order for churches to thrive, they would do best to raise up volunteers who are leaders […]
How to Share Your Faith Critically and Contextually Today
By Ed Stetzer: In every time period and historical context during which it has been shared, the gospel has confronted culture in one way or another. During the years of Christ’s ministry, it challenged the mistreatment of the poor. During the Reformation, it drove Martin Luther to condemn the selling of […]
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