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Episode 585: Revisiting Fundraising That Works

Sean Cronin — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000

By NewChurches.com: In Episode 585 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed revisit the discussion from episode three on fundraising.

“In a context with so few believers, what strategies would you recommend for church planters to expand their network in order to raise financial support?”

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

Ways to leverage new networks
Different types of fundraising

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“Join a network or a denomination.” – @edstetzer
“Getting an endorsement from someone else and leveraging their network is one option.” – @danielsangi
“Joining an association, denomination, or network is another way to expand your network to raise financial support.” – @danielsangi
“If there are churches of your denomination and network near you, you can reach out.” – @edstetzer
“Fundraising doesn’t always mean that I get someone else to pay me full time, it can mean that I get a job.” – @edstetzer
“There are so many ways these days with the gig economy that you don’t need to be tied to a schedule or a desk, but be free to minister and to plant and not 100% rely on outside fundraising.” – @danielsangi

Recommended Resources:

Listen to Episode 3: Fundraising That Works
Read You Are What You Do by Daniel Im
Read “One-on-One with Daniel Im on ‘You Are What You Do’”

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Episode 579: The Role of Networks in Church Planting

Sean Cronin — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

By NewChurches.com: In Episode 579 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss why a church planter might consider partnering with a network.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

What kingdom collaboration looks like
How networks have changed over the years

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“If a network is going to put significant resources into a church plant, they have a right to expect, and strategically should desire, for those church plants to then become churches that start new churches in side the network.” – @edstetzer
“With networks, it’s like this fire that planters and individuals have been attracted to.” – @danielsangi
“All innovation happens on the periphery and then good organizations move it to the center and rejuvenate themselves.” – @edstetzer
“The string has to grow because a movement generally can’t just be church planting. It can be primarily church planting, but overtime you end up more of a system.” – @edstetzer
“Institutions tend to persevere. They need to be reminded of their mission, and when they are they can remarkably effective.” – @edstetzer

Recommended Resources:

Listen to Episode 577: The Role of Denominations in Church Planting
Read Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im

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Three Phases of Churches Planting Churches

Sean Cronin — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:00:48 +0000

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Three Phases of Churches Planting Churches

By Ed Stetzer

It seems for the last four decades or so, church communities have been talking about planting other churches. But much of that time was spent talking without taking action. The difference today is that people are actually walking out the talk. In other words, we’ve moved beyond just the idea of planting churches to actually doing it.

I would like to frame what has and is taking shape with regards to churches planting churches in three phases.

The first is the aspirational phase.

Some churches like to think about church planting. Denominations aspire to encourage churches to plant churches, but often are surprised when they do.

Actually, that’s an ironic part of my own church planting story.

Almost two decades ago, I planted Millcreek Community Church in Erie, Pennsylvania. While in basic training, I remember being told by my denomination that we needed to not only plant our church but also new daughter churches. Thinking this was normal operation, I believed them and that’s what we did.

At the time, and based on our geography, we were isolated and distant from other churches in our denomination. In fact, the nearest viable sister church was two hours away. I assumed that we all would plant a daughter church, since that’s what we were told to do.

But I later found out that most churches and denominations only aspire for church plants to start new churches.

So, ironically, people in our denominational leadership were kind of surprised that we’d followed through on planting daughter churches. One of them told me that they often tell church planters to plant daughter churches, but they are typically a one-and-done kind of church.

Given that we were far from other churches in our denomination, we did not know any better. I assumed lots of new churches were planting other churches. In my ignorance, we did what they encouraged, although looking back it was mainly an aspirational goal—for both denominations and churches.

We just did not know any better. We did not know it was mainly something we aspired to, rather than something we actually did.

The good news is that, in many cases, we have moved beyond aspiration into the next phase.

The next phase is the inspirational phase.

The inspirational phase is where most churches and denominations are now. They are inspired by the good work of church planting they see. They see that there are, indeed, churches planting churches.

Conferences like Exponential are an example of this.

Due to the good work of the Exponential team, literally thousands of people (many who are not yet planting churches) gather to be inspired, and hundreds commit their lives to planting new churches.

At Exponential specifically, they are encouraged to up their church planting game. They are inspiring churches to be level 5 “Multiplying Churches” —and they explain that such churches have certain values:

A scorecard that is as focused on starting new churches as it’s adding new members.
Giving their first fruits to church planting, including at least the first 10 percent of their tithes and offerings.
Having a specific vision and strategy for multiplication, including accountability measures for monitoring progress.
Raising up and deploying leaders to plant churches. This includes an intern/residency program for developing and deploying church planting leaders and team members.
Sending church planters on an ongoing and regular basis to plant new churches.
Valuing new churches over mortgage debt. They plant their first church before taking on mortgage debt, and they commit additional financial resources (beyond a tithe) as a percentage of mortgage debt (taking on new mortgage debt is matched by committing a higher percentage of the budget to church planting). Multiplying churches take proactive actions to ensure mortgage debt will not constrain church planting support.
Valuing new churches over new sites. They plant their first church before adding their first site. They commit to plant five-plus churches for each new site they add. Multiplying churches understand that multisite is a strategy than can adversely impact multiplication strategies.
Valuing “sending” staff and leaders to plant churches. They send their first planter before accumulating their first three staff members and continue to send a percentage of staff members to plant churches.
Inspiring, encouraging, and challenging church members to participate in church planting, both financially and by being part of church planting teams. Multiplying churches continually affirm those who go.

I love this list and think that churches need this kind of inspiration. While it is difficult for any one church to do everything on this list, just the attempt to do some of what is on the list will move a church from the inspiration phase to the last phase—the actualized phase.

The actualized phase is still, at least for most, something in the future. Many of us feel the forward momentum and we want to get there, but we are not yet there.

This is primarily because arriving at the actualized stage is going to cost something more than many have been or are willing to pay. Simply put, there is no way of creating a church multiplication movement without sacrifice. Churches are going to have to send out some of their best leaders, pastors, and faithful givers.

I still remember when we sent out about ten percent of our church on one Sunday to two church plants. It was both painful and joyful. But this is the practical (and spiritual) hurdle for any church that wants to move from aspiration and inspiration to actualization.

Praise God that many are finally arriving at the actualization phase after years of being patient through the aspirational and inspirational phases.

In short, these are exciting days as many arrive at the actualization phase in their church planting emphasis. Behind are the days where there is a lot of talking but no walking. Here are the days of talking and walking as churches, denominations, and networks actively seek out ways to engage in the work of churches planting churches.

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Episode 422: Principles of Collaboration

Sean Cronin — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:00:35 +0000

by NewChurches.com: In Episode 422 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd, along with Dennae Pierre, discuss reaching a city through collaboration.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

The boundaries you need to be willing to cross to collaborate
How to avoid competition in collaboration

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“If it really is a vision from God, it’s never just given to you.” – @dennaepierre
“God has called us to discipline in the small things.” – @dennaepierre
“Our natural networks are ethnically and socioeconomically segregated.” – @dennaepierre
“Know your background and find people who don’t have that and do the slow work necessary to build trust and collaborative vision.” – @dennaepierre
“When you meet someone in the same city that has the same vision as you, don’t be competitive.” – @danielsangi
“Understanding from a collaboration vs competition point, which spirit are you listening to?” – @toddadkins

Additional Resources:

Learn more about the Surge Network

Watch Collaboration and the Surge Network [Behind-The-Scenes]

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Episode 257: Financial Support Options for Church Plants

Patrick Bradley — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:00:02 +0000

by NewChurches.com: What are the best financial support options for funding a new church plant?

In Episode 257 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss various ways to fund new church plants. Here’s Blake with today’s question:

What are different financial support options for a brand new church plant? What are the pros and cons of those options?

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Cautions and considerations for different funding options.
Different funding models such as Full-Funded, Reverse-Tier, and a Shared Partnership Model.

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“There are a lot of resources to fund your church plant if you cast a compelling vision.”–@edstetzer
“Not every job is a good job for bivocational ministry.”–@danielsangi
“Bivocational planting is not a penalty, it’s an opportunity.”–@danielsangi
“You will soon find that your denominational support comes with strings attached. If you receive this support, you will be required to participate in denominational functions. This can be frustrating. Officials will busy themselves with programs that focus on the forest while you try to nurture a single, small-tree.”-Ralph Moore

Additional Resources:

Read this post about Church Planting and Funding Facilities
Learn more about Daniel and Ed’s book, Planting Missional Churches
Check out Daniel’s new podcast, IMbetween Podcast on Marriage, Parenting, Faith, and Everything In Between

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