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Episode 478: Launching a Downtown Campus

Sean Cronin — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 09:07:33 +0000

In Episode 478 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss launching a campus in downtown.

“What advice would you give me to launch a campus in the downtown area of my city?”

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

Why knowing what parking is available is vital in a downtown location
When the right time is to add a second service

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“What you really need to figure out is if this downtown is one where people live, play, and eat, or are they just working there.” – @danielsangi
“Know your zoning, know your ordinances. Do a serious parking study.” – @toddadkins
“If you are lucky enough to be near a metro, that is an amazing asset.” – @toddadkins
“One of the things you have to be careful of, and train people on, is the importance of being a good neighbor.” – @toddadkins
“We trained volunteers that after they are done handing out promotional materials is to go around and picking up any cards that people discarded.” – @toddadkins
“I want to be careful about adding a second service and splitting the momentum.” – @toddadkins
“This is a quick visual win if we start with one service and there are so many people you have to start a second service.” – @toddadkins

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Challenges in Urban Church Planting

Sean Cronin — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:00:42 +0000

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September 18, 2019

Challenges in Urban Church Planting

By New Churches Team

Urban Church Planting

When it comes to planting a church in an urban setting, there are a few unique challenges.

The cost of doing ministry in an urban setting is higher and the income is lower. You cannot have the expectation that the church will be self-supporting from tithes and offerings within a few years.
You have to use different metrics when measuring missional progress. Less people are looking for a church, so the results aren’t the same. You cannot compare yourself to a suburban church.
Every island in a city has developed it’s own culture. Suburbs are like a standard mall – they all look the same once you are inside them. Urban neighborhoods are more like local shops that all have their own unique flavor.
The prework that needs to be done is much longer than in a suburban setting. You need to take time to exegete the culture and then let your church planting model by guided by the neighborhood.
By nature, the city is a transient environment. People come into the city to work or play, and then head back to the suburbs. And those who are living in the city typically only stay 2-3 years. It is more like a campus ministry where the turnover rate is high.
Cities are more diverse in many ways, including ethnicity and economics. You have to think about how you serve different kinds of people and help them follow Jesus together just like they live life together.

Reimagining Discipleship

In most church contexts, discipleship begins after someone has become a Christ-follower. We offer classes and encourage them to make more disciples who make disciples. But in the city, if you try to make disciples that way it won’t work.

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Episode 255: Tim Keller on The Vanishing Neighbor & Polarization

Patrick Bradley — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:00:34 +0000

by NewChurches.com: In cities today, people are dividing more often than uniting and coming together.

In Episode 255 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, we wanted to share snippets of Tim Keller’s talk at our last Church Planting Fellowship Network in November 2017 where he shared 5 trends in urban cities. In this episode, Tim talks specifically about the trends of the vanishing neighbor & polarization.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Three levels of human connectivity, and how they are vastly changing in cities today.
Why people are increasingly polarizing themselves within in cities.

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“Neighbors once greeted each other with cookies when they moved into an area. More recently, individuals tend to avoid eye contact with neighbors and don’t even know their names. This is a day and age of next-door-strangers.”–@timkellernyc
“People used to know each other within cities, and cities felt more like villages. In the urban life today, the village is going away.”–@timkellernyc
“There is an increase in loneliness in cities.”–@timkellernyc
“Polarization occurs when an issue divides people and results in resistance and hostility because of differences.”–@timkellernyc
“People are dividing more often than uniting and coming together.”–@timkellernyc
“When you become a healthy, one another’s, alternate-Kingdom community, the more the gospel you are preaching will come to life and be compelling to those who are far from God.”–@danielsangi

Additional Resources:

Listen to Episode 253: Gentrification & Metropolitanization
Read this post about Cities and Multiculturalism: Two Trends in Church Planting Today
Learn How to Transform a Community
Become a Plus Member and listen to the entire Q&A Webinar with Tim Keller on 5 Trends in Cities and Urban Ministry

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Episode 253: Gentrification & Metropolitanization

Patrick Bradley — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:00:35 +0000

by NewChurches.com: The suburbs are becoming urbanized, which means that suburban pastors need to grow in their urban skills.

In Episode 253 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, we wanted to share snippets of Tim Keller’s talk at our last Church Planting Fellowship Network in November 2017 where he shared 5 trends in urban cities. In this episode, Tim talks specifically about the trends of gentrification & metropolitanization.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Why suburban pastors need to grow in their urban skills.
How church planters should respond to gentrification.

Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

“Gentrification often happens because there isn’t enough housing for everyone in cities with rising growth and popularity.”–@timkellernyc
“Most people have mixed feelings about gentrification, but gentrification is not a one-dimensionally negative thing.”–@timkellernyc
“The suburbs are becoming urbanized, which means that suburban pastors need to grow in their urban skills.”–@timkellernyc
“Our cause should ultimately be to plant churches that care for all people.”–@edstetzer
“If you think evangelism is just a presentation or a booklet, then you aren’t urban.”–@timkellernyc
“Being cosmopolitan does not make you theologically aberrant, but it does make you tolerate other views more easily.”–@edstetzer

Additional Resources:

Listen to Episode 236: Rural Church Planting
Read this post about Cities and Multiculturalism: Two Trends in Church Planting Today
Learn How to Transform a Community

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