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Church Planter, Plan What You Preach!

Mike Godfrey

You don’t want to wait until the last minute decide what you will preach. Mike Godfrey lists seven benefits of planning what you will preach.
Podcast Episode

Building A Church Planting Family

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 661

Episode 661: When the Lord casts a vision of planting a network of multiplying churches, the planter finds himself sorting through all sorts of unexpected developments. Host Clint Clifton discusses some of the unique aspects of building a church planting...
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Articulating Your Leadership Ethos

Clint Clifton & Colby Garman

Putting the intangibles of culture into words isn’t very easy. We offer our church's values document with the hope you find it helpful as you work to build Jesus’ church and lead His sheep.
Podcast Episode

Organizing Your Week

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 660

Episode 660: Pastors and church planters feel the pinch of not having enough time. Host Clint Clifton discusses the value of – and techniques for – organizing your week with Todd Adkins, director of leadership development at LifeWay Christian Resources...
Article

When Crisis Strikes Your Ministry

A veteran of 20 years in strategic communications, Christian Pinkston offers a big-picture overview of several key factors in church crisis communications.
Podcast Episode

Naming Your New Church

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 659

Episode 659: Choosing a church name is like picking an outfit you’re going to wear for the rest of your life. Host Clint Clifton discusses the pro and con arguments for six categories of church names with Todd Adkins, director...
Article

Resources for Residencies

Bob Burton

As you look to resource your residency, three key components ought to be included to produce health.
Podcast Episode

Leveraging Your Limitations

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 658

Episode 658: Each individual planter and every church context has a unique set of limitations and constraints. Host Clint Clifton discusses how those limitations can become strengths with Jessica Thompson, director of operations for the New City church planting network,...
Article

Bold Approaches to Funding Residencies

Ryan Johnston

When it comes to funding residencies, we have everything we need within arm’s reach to do everything God has asked of us.
Podcast Episode

Sabbaticals for Church Planting Pastors

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 657

Episode 657: As pastoral work has in recent years grown more difficult, sabbaticals seem to be a growing trend. Host Clint Clifton discusses the need for, value of and different approaches to sabbaticals with Jessica Thompson, director of operations for...
Article

Ways to Find Great Residents

Bob Burton

What are the two best things any pastor could do to find great residents?
Podcast Episode

The Forgotten Office: Deacons

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 656

Episode 656: With most churches now starting with multiple-pastor, multiple-elders models, a de-emphasis on the role of deacons has occurred. Host Clint Clifton interviews Matt Smethurst, author of Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church, about the value of...
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How to Build a Residency

Ryan Johnston

You can build a lasting residency program that you deeply believe in by working through a process that helps you define three things: your terms, your why and your content.
Podcast Episode

The ‘Zero Year’

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 655

Episode 655: The “Zero Year” is the time of preparation that leads up to the church plant. Host Clint Clifton interviews Matt Smethurst, planter of a brand-new church in Richmond, Virginia, about the various “Zero Year” factors that moved him...
Article

Send This to Someone You Think Should be a Pastor

Clint Clifton

Your encouragement quite literally could change the course of someone's life forever. Let me tell you about two that changed mine.
Course

Using Online Conversations for Good

2 Hours 11 Videos

We live in an online age that has changed the requirements of ministry and the very nature of how the church operates. What you post and how you interact with others online can either draw people into your church body or turn them away. Though it can be tempting to wish we lived in a different time unencumbered by the pitfalls of the digital space, our time is better spent learning how to navigate the online world and social media in a way that glorifies God.
Podcast Episode

Reaching People Far from God

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 654

Episode 654: Many church planters set out to reach people with the gospel but often find their new churches full of folks from other churches. Host Ed Stetzer discusses the challenge of staying outwardly focused to reach people far from...
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Church Planters Face This Great Danger

Trevin Wax

Familiarity is the enemy of wonder. Church planters face a danger common to anyone heavily involved in ministry: We get familiar with holy things. Perhaps overly familiar.