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Parenting Strong-Willed Kids in the Pressure of Church Planting

Heather Oldham

Church planting exposes a lot about us and about our kids. The expectations feel heavy, the spotlight can feel invasive, and the constant sense of being watched can make the normal messiness of parenting feel like public commentary on your...

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Carrying Your Past Into Christmastime

Ronnie Martin

If you’re like me (or … nothing at all like me), you have still probably seen a gazillion film or stage adaptations of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. One of the beautiful features of Dickens’ story is that it...

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Planting in Babylon: How the Old Testament Shapes Church Planting in a Pluralistic World

Noah Oldham

If you’re planting a church today, you’re doing it in Babylon.  You may be in a rural town, a fast-gentrifying neighborhood, or a dense urban core—but culturally, we’re all in exile. You’re pastoring people who are discipled daily by secular...

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Table Flipping and Righteous Anger

Barnabas Piper

“Even Jesus flipped tables.” If you, like me, have ever uttered these words in defense of your own anger (or heard someone do so), then I am writing to you. The story of Jesus driving out the money changers from...

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Church Planting Beatitudes: Valuing What Jesus Values

Dan Steel

And, dressed in sneakers, when he saw the crowds, he entered the rented auditorium and stood up. His core team came to him, he switched on the projectors, and he began to teach them.  Blessed are the self-sufficient, for they...

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In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Jeff Medders is joined by Noah Oldham, Tony Merida, and Patrick Schreiner, to explore the often-overlooked role of pastoral care.

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