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Three Steps to Planting Praying Churches

J.D. Greear

Fruitfulness in church planting only comes through the power of God. To plug into that power, you must make prayer one of your top priorities and plant praying churches.
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Developing a Missional Engagement Strategy 

Brad Brisco

As a planter begins to create a missional engagement strategy, these three theological foundations must be kept clearly in focus.
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Praying Bold Prayers

J.D. Greear

God’s people have the ability to ask Him for big things. But most Christians, including church planters, fail to pray big prayers. Praying Bold Prayers by J.D. Greear examines: Why We Don’t Pray The First Church’s Devotion to Prayer Church...
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10 Rules of Church Planting

Clint Clifton

Clint Clifton says aspiring church planters are always asking him, “What’s the most important church planting advice you can give me?” Here are the 10 pieces of advice he gives most often.
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7 Ways Church Planting Will Bless Your Church

Brian O'Day

My conviction that the Great Commission is a call to plant churches has been strengthened by observing firsthand the blessings it has had in the life of the church I planted several years ago. Let me list seven ways church planting will bless your congregation.
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Resources for Residencies

Bob Burton

As you look to resource your residency, three key components ought to be included to produce health.
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Charles Spurgeon, Pt.2 – The Priority of Church Planting

Clint Clifton

Why would Charles Spurgeon, pastor of the massive Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, urge members to leave the congregation to devote themselves to the prosperity of other churches?
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Church Planters, Let’s be Honest

Tom Bennardo

The truth about church planting never resembles the architect's renderings and the slick “plant with us” pamphlets. The realities can leave you confused and disillusioned. Here are five truths that might keep you keep you sane and in the game.
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10 Signs a Church Leader Will Multiply

Clint Clifton

Most pastors who successfully lead their churches to multiply likely will share these 10 characteristics.
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4 Benefits of Building Your Team from New Believers 

Ed Stetzer

The goal of church planting is to see new people come to faith in Jesus Christ. Thus, a core team built from the harvest of lost men and women is an ideal foundation for the mission the plant is pursuing...
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Create Gospel Culture in Your Church

Adam Muhtaseb & Nate Crew

Ray Ortlund says every healthy church has gospel doctrine, but it also must have a gospel culture – “the shared experience of grace for the undeserving.”
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Why Your Ministry Needs to Multiply

Matt Dirks

You have a big bucket of water and 20 small-mouth bottles 20 feet from you. What's the best way to fill the bottles?
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Your Church is Going to Die

Clint Clifton

People rarely consider how churches begin and almost never consider how they end. Churches, just like people, have lifecycles. They are born and they die. Where is your church in its lifecycle?  
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Does the Bible Command us to Plant Churches?

Clint Clifton

You won’t find the term “church planting” in the Bible, but that doesn’t mean church planting is not a biblical idea. If you’re looking for it, you’ll see church planting all over the New Testament. For example: 1. Jesus was...
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Why Plant Churches?

Tim Keller

The continual planting of new congregations is the most crucial strategy for (1) the numerical growth of the body of Christ in a city and (2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of existing churches. The normal responses to discussions...