Daniel and Ed discuss Daniel’s new book You Are What You Do.
Episode 384: What Finances Do I Need to Launch a Campus?
Daniel and Todd discuss how much financial support you need to launch a campus.
Episode 383: A Mega-Church is Moving In…Now What?!
Daniel and Ed discuss what to do when a mega church opens a multi-site near your small church plant.
Episode 382: Should You Use The Enneagram Assessment In Your Church?
Daniel and Todd discuss what role personality assessments can play within your church congregation, leadership, and staff.
Episode 381: How Do I Create a Prospectus?
Daniel and Ed discuss what should be included in a church planting prospectus.
Episode 380: How to Discern If You Are Called to Plant a Church
Daniel and Todd discuss how to discern if you are called to plant a church and the wrongs reasons to church plant.
Episode 379: Best Practices Around Raising Funds for a Future Church Plant
Daniel and Ed discuss how and when to raise funds for a future church plant.
Episode 377: Ways to Guard Yourself From Moral Failure
Daniel and Ed discuss good habits and strategies to safeguard oneself from moral failure.
Episode 376: Church Split to Church Plant
Daniel and Todd discuss what is needed to move from a church split to a healthy, gospel-centered church plant.
Episode 375: Should We Revitalize Old Churches or Plant New Churches?
Daniel and Ed discuss church planting and revitalization in the context of Finland, Europe.
Episode 374: Full-Time versus Part-Time Hires
Daniel and Todd discuss whether it is more beneficial to hire one-full time staff or multiple part-time staff hires.
Episode 373: Planting a Multi-Denominational Church
Daniel and Ed discuss ideas about incorporating more than one denomination in your church plant.
Episode 372: What Role Should My Second Hire Fill?
Daniel and Todd discuss what your second hire should be in a new church plant.
Episode 371: Rural Matters
Daniel and Ed do a live podcast recording at Exponential 2019 in Orlando. On this episode, Daniel and Ed discuss rural multi-site ideas.
Episode 370: How to Reach First Responders In Your Community
Daniel and Todd discuss ideas on how to love, serve, and reach the first responders in our communities.
Episode 368: Growing Pains
Daniel and Todd discuss how to follow up with new guests well.
Episode 367: When Your Friends Want to Start a Church 40 Yards From Yours
What do you do when a church wants to open their doors 40 yards away from your church?
Episode 366: Best Practices for Church Plant Marketing
Daniel and Todd discuss the best practices for marketing your church plant.
Episode 365: How to Rest After the Launch
Daniel and Ed discuss ways to rest after the launch of a new church plant.
Episode 364: Guidelines for the Pastor’s Side Hustle
Daniel and Todd discuss how to navigate the situation of a pastor self-promoting a book, conference, or speaking engagement.
Episode 362: We’ve Got Our Building…Now What?
Daniel and Todd discuss the “what’s next” after a church plant secures their first permanent location.
Episode 361: Christians and Social Media
In Episode 361 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel interviews Ed about his latest book, Christians in the Age of Outrage.
Episode 360: The Mentality Around Change
Daniel and Todd discuss what should change, what should not change, and what should never change.
Episode 359: Discerning the Next Step in Your 30s and 40s
Daniel and Ed talk about discerning your next steps while you are in your 30s and 40s.
Episode 358: What Leaders Need to Learn
Daniel and Todd discuss how to motivate yourself as a leader and why learning is crucial to a leader’s effectiveness.
Episode 357: You Want to Gift Us Your Church Building?!
Daniel and Ed discuss the pros and cons of accepting the possible gift of a church building.
Episode 356: Does the Vision Stay When the Resources Lack?
Daniel and Todd discuss the pros and cons of merging with another church.
Episode 355: When Small Churches Partner Together
Daniel and Ed discuss the possible benefits of smaller churches partnering together in ministry and sharing of resources.
Episode 354: Location, Location, Location
Daniel and Todd discuss unlikely places to look when searching for a church venue space.
Episode 353: Church Planting in Closed Nations
Daniel and Ed discuss church planting in closed nations.
Episode 352: How to Multiply without Losing Friends
Daniel and Todd discuss how to multiply small groups while still mainting friendships and trust.
Episode 351: Reproducing Churches
Daniel and Ed discuss what it takes for a successful church to reproduce itself.
Episode 350: Choosing a Church Planting Venue in an Already Existing Church
Daniel and Todd discuss the pros and cons of planting a church in an already existing church venue.
Episode 349: Micro-Churches in North America
Daniel and Ed discuss the emergence of micro-churches in North America.
Episode 347: So You Want to Write a Book
Daniel and Ed discuss their writing processes and share tips about how to start writing a book.
Episode 346: How to Rest During Christmas
Daniel and Todd discuss how to rest during Christmas.
Episode 345: Planting an Internal Multisite
Daniel and Ed discuss how to plant another church within an already existing church.
Episode 344: Training Resources to Develop New Small Group Leaders
Daniel and Todd discuss what training resources you can use to help train new small group leaders.
Episode 343: Church Planting Movements versus Church Multiplication Movements
Daniel and Ed discuss the differences between church planting movements and church multiplication movements.
Episode 342: The Differences Between Preview and Practice Services
Daniel and Todd discuss the differences between prayer, preview, and practice services.
Episode 341: Residencies and Church Planting
Daniel and Ed answer the question about the benefits of doing a residency before church planting.
Episode 340: Are Church Apps Churches?
Daniel and Todd discuss the pros and cons of churches releasing apps and calling them churches
Episode 339: Moving from a Consumeristic to a Missionary Mindset
Daniel and Ed answer the question about how to help shepherd your congregation from a consumeristic to missionary mindset.
Episode 337: The Importance of Children’s Ministry in Church Plants
Daniel and Ed answer the question about how much focus a new church should dedicate to their children’s ministry.
Episode 336: How to Exegete Your Community
Daniel and Todd answer the question about how to exegete your community.
Episode 335: Church Planting and Christians in the Age of Outrage
Daniel interviews Ed Stetzer about his new book, Christians in the Age of Outrage, in the context of church planting and new churches.
Episode 334: How to Address the Non-Essential Issues in Your Church
Here’s how to address some of the non-essential church issues that could possibly cause some division in your church.
Episode 333: Can a Non “Type A Personality” Succeed in Church Planting?
Daniel and Ed discuss what type of personality is needed to be a successful church planter.
Episode 332: How to Handle MLMs in your Church
Daniel and Todd discuss how to handle and deal with Multi-Level Marketing (MLMs) in the local church.
Episode 331: When to Use a SWAT (Special, Willing, and Temporary) Team
Learn when a SWAT (special, willing, and temporary) Team should be used and how to ensure that their roles will be filled once they leave.
Episode 330: Systems, Processes and Structures in a Newer Church Plant
Daniel and Todd discuss the systems, processes, and structures of a Leadership Pipeline in the beginnings of a church plant.
Episode 329: When to Add an Additional Worship Service
Daniel and Ed discuss adding a second service and the pros and cons of different worship service times.
Episode 328: Church Planting Pipeline versus Multiplication
Daniel and Todd discuss how to determine whether your church plant goes multisite versus sending out an autonomous church plant.
Episode 327: Clarifying Your Vision and Mission
Daniel and Ed discuss how to continue to make the mission and vision clear to your congregation.
Episode 325: What Items to Purchase when Starting your Church Plant
Daniel and Ed discuss the importance of making wise and practical purchases when starting your church plant.
Episode 324: The Aesthetic and Design of the Worship Space
Points to consider when designing the church’s worship space.
Episode 323: How to Start a Church Plant
Everything you need to know about church planting in twelve minutes.
Episode 322: Spending Time with the Leaders and the Lost
Daniel and Todd discuss ways to balance the time spent with the leaders of the church and also the unchurched.
Episode 321: What To Do The Monday After Your Preview Service
Daniel and Ed discuss what a church plant should do from their first preview service to official hard launch.
Episode 320: Consider These Points when Choosing Leaders for your Church Plant
Important factors to consider when wanting to place new people from other churches into leadership positions at your church plant.
Episode 319: Membership and Church Covenant for Church Plants
Daniel and Ed discuss when and how to introduce membership and a church covenant to your church plant.
Episode 318: Is Multisite a Thing of the Past?
Daniel and Todd discuss how multisite trends are changing.
Episode 317: Multi-Housing Ministry
Daniel and Ed discuss how to cast vision to the larger group gathering when the church’s primary means of gathering is home groups.
Episode 316: Naming Your Church Plant
Daniel and Todd discuss points to consider when choosing a name for your church plant.
Episode 315: Factors in Starting and Growing a Healthy Church Plant
Learn how to determine if your church plant will be successful and some key factors to keep in mind while planting.
Episode 313: Leading a Small Church in a Global Context
Daniel and Ed discuss pastoring a small church in a global setting
Episode 312: Developing Your Launch Team Into Leaders
There’s a difference between leadership placement and leadership development
Episode 311: Advice for Aspiring Church Planters
Are you wired to be a church planter? Daniel and Ed give advice for aspiring church planters.
Episode 310: Elevating College Students
Daniel and Todd discuss opportunities churches have to develop college students and raise up leaders.
Episode 309: We Need Evangelistic Church Plants
Daniel and Ed discuss why evangelism should be the purpose of planting
Episode 308: Planting Where Healthy Churches are Scarce
How do you cast a vision to those have never experienced a healthy church?
Episode 306: Vision & Mission
What are the best ways or practices to implement your vision and actually see your mission achieved?
Episode 304: Multisite vs Church Plants
Daniel and Todd discuss the pros and cons of going multisite versus starting new church plants.
Episode 303: Core Groups vs Launch Teams
The terminology, ‘core group’ and ‘launch team’ fundamentally mean something different.
Episode 302: Starting a Leadership Pipeline in Your Church
Daniel and Todd discuss how to start a leadership pipeline in your church plant.
Episode 300: A Glimpse Into the Lives of Ed Stetzer, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im
Daniel, Ed, and Todd answer questions about their personal life, share some fears they have, and give helpful advice on ministry.
Episode 299: Who to Take With You in a New Church Plant
Daniel and Ed discuss launching a new church plant and assessing who to take with you.
Episode 298: Resourcing Your Core Team
Daniel and Todd discuss developing your core team in preparation for a launch.
Episode 297: The Church Growth Flywheel with Rich Birch
Daniel interviews author and church planter, Rich Birch, about multisite and church growth.
Episode 296: Moving into a Permanent Facility
Daniel and Todd discuss moving into a permanent location and the benefits of two services.
Episode 295: Failed Church Plants
Daniel and Ed discuss church plant failures and processes to recover.
Episode 292: How Leadership Pipeline Relates to Multiplication
What does a leadership pipeline have to do with church multiplication?
Episode 291: Collaborating with Established Churches
How do you get older churches to collaborate with your new church plant?
Episode 290: Advantages & Disadvantages to Planting in an Old Church
Never look a gift horse in the mouth…Unless it’s a church building, then you always should look.
Episode 289: Introducing Change to Your Church Plant
You can’t be with the ones you love, honey, love the one you’re with.
Episode 288: Worship Music
Musicians are servants that help to enhance people’s worship to the Lord.
Episode 287: Rural Church Planting
What does it look like to plant in a smaller community?
Episode 284: What We’ve Been Reading & Listening To
Daniel and Todd talk about inspiring books and podcasts they are listening to.
Episode 283: Parachute Planting
Daniel and Ed discuss ministering to the saints while you’re in the early stages of planting your church.
Episode 282: Overcoming the Barrier of Fear
Daniel and Todd discuss when to plant your first church and some of the barriers to multiplication.
Episode 281: Your First Offering
Should you give away your first offering?
Episode 280: Your Call & God’s Timing
Where should you plant your church?
Episode 279: Training a Launch Team
Daniel and Ed discuss developing a launch team for a missional attractional church.
Episode 278: One-On-One Meetings
Time is a person’s most valuable resource, so don’t waste it.
Episode 277: Dynamics of Growing Your Church
At what point do you go from meeting in your living room to opening up your church to the public?
Episode 276: Moving from Addition to Multiplication
Daniel and Todd discuss how to curate a leadership pipeline with limited people and resources.
Episode 275: Leadership vs Discipleship
Discipleship is a long obedience in the same direction.
Episode 274: Maintaining Momentum as a Satellite Campus
Daniel and Todd discuss navigating how to transition from a broadcast campus to a satellite campus and vice versa
Episode 273: Convert Growth & Developing Self-Feeders
Daniel and Ed discuss convert growth and developing a deep and abiding passion for evangelism in your church community.
Episode 272: Shared Services
Daniel and Todd discuss shared spaces for multisite churches.
Episode 270: Dynamics of Starting a Fourth Site
When starting your fourth campus, your strategy may change, but your vision and values should stay the same.
Episode 269: Starting a New Church After a Split
If you got pushed out of your last church, and you decided to start another church in the same community, that’s not church planting. That’s a church split.
Episode 268: Maturing on Mission
Discipleship is all about development as you go.
Episode 266: Full-time vs. Part-time Bivocational
Daniel and Todd debate whether going full-time or part-time bivocational is more beneficial to your church.
Episode 265: Missional Discipleship
In a world that is balkanizing, what does it look like to have a universal mission?
Episode 264: Contextualizing in an Urban Setting
Contextualization begins with understanding the culture and desperately wanting to reach it with the gospel.
Episode 263: Bivocational Church Planting
What should your focus be when starting off as a bivocational church planter?
Episode 262: Changing the Dialogue About Bivocational Ministry
Bivocational ministry is not about doing two things poorly. It’s about leveraging all your life into one calling.
Episode 261: Positively Engaging a Community
You can’t really engage a community well unless you deeply love a community and its people.
Episode 260: Small Group Leader Reproduction and Development
The more ownership that exists within campuses, the more effectiveness, drive, and passion you will see emerge.
Episode 258: Reproducing Shepherds
How do you raise up leaders to bear the load of shepherding in a plant?
Episode 257: Financial Support Options for Church Plants
What are the best financial support options for funding a new church plant?
Episode 256: Direction vs Destination
Every church needs a pipeline and every person needs a pathway.
Episode 255: Tim Keller on The Vanishing Neighbor & Polarization
In cities today, people are dividing more often than uniting and coming together.
Episode 254: Relocating to a Different Venue
Daniel and Todd discuss the best venues for portable churches to experience optimal growth.
Episode 253: Gentrification & Metropolitanization
In this episode, Tim Keller’s talks about the urban city trends of gentrification & metropolitanization.
Episode 252: Developing a Culture of Service
How do you help drive mission into the DNA of your church?
Episode 251: Reurbanization
Reurbanization calls for an increase of church plants within cities.
Episode 250: Funding Multisite
What does it cost to go multisite?
Episode 249: When to Start Planting Again
You don’t want to lose the forward momentum of church planting.
Episode 248: Hard Talk in Bivocational Ministry
Hardships are necessary for God to teach you how to live like Him.
Episode 247: Why Bivocational Ministry?
Scott McConnell shares some facts about bivocational ministry and the implications it has on the future of church planting.
Episode 246: Obstacles and Roadblocks of Replanting
Sometimes you have to let a church die and let something new be birthed.
Episode 245: Time Management for Bivocational Pastors
In this excerpt, Hugh Halter shares some practical life lessons and strategies for managing time when juggling work, church, and family.
Episode 244: Moving to a New City
How do you make friends when you’re the new kid on the block?
Episode 243: Finding the Right Venue
What are the best venue options for new church plants?
Episode 242: Engaging with Visitors and Follow-Up
How do you make visitors feel welcome and like they belong?
Episode 241: Problematic Volunteers
Daniel and Todd discuss the, sometimes painful, task of navigating problematic volunteers.
Episode 240: Missional Community Through Small Groups
Why do weekly worship services matter?
Episode 237: Developing a Core Team
People make time for what matters to them.
Episode 235: Benefits of Being Portable
Why should your next multisite campus be portable?
Episode 234: Rental Fatigue
Life is full of surprises…and so is church planting.
Episode 233: Planting a Portable Campus
How do you find the best location for a portable church?
Episode 232: Planting with a Multigenerational Approach
How do you encourage age diversity in your new campus?
Episode 231: Reproducing Services
What systems need to be in place in order to reproduce 5-6 services at one site?
Episode 230: Community Outreach
Is door-to-door and street park evangelism more effective than relational evangelism?
Episode 229: Campus Relocation
How do you get church members on board with relocating your campus?
Episode 228: What to Look for in a Facility
What kinds of things should you look for in a facility?
Episode 226: Building a Lifespan Into a Church
Should church plants have expiration dates?
Episode 224: Monthly Preview Services
What’s an optimal schedule for preview services?
Episode 222: Ordination & Denominational Traditions
Can you plant a church without being ordained?
Episode 221: Same Church, Different Gatherings
Should you have separate gathering spaces to reach your community in different ways?
Episode 220: Mother-Daughter Church Plants
What does a healthy relationship between a mother-daughter church plant look like?
Episode 218: Church Revitalization
Learn how to introduce change to your church.
Episode 217: Am I too old to Plant a Church?
How old is too old to be a church planter?
Episode 216: Church Planting Assessments
How important are church planting assessments?
Episode 215: Leadership Pipeline (5LQ Special)
Why should you develop a leadership pipeline in your church?
Episode 214: Person of Peace
How do you become a leader in your community and get people connected?
Episode 213: Spiritual Covering
Why does spiritual accountability matter for a church planter?
Episode 212: Reaching the Unchurched
What does it look like to plant a church in a non-Christian society?
Episode 211: Leadership Pipeline & Discipleship Pathway
What is the connection between a Leadership Pipeline and a Discipleship Pathway?
Episode 210: Preventing Burnout for Volunteers
How do you prevent burnout for volunteers?
Episode 209: Small Group Training
How often should you meet to train your small group leaders?
Episode 208: When to Plant Another Church
How do you know when it is time to plant another church?
Episode 207: Parking, Structure, & Service Times
How do you work through obstacles such as parking and the flow of service when planting a new church?
Episode 205: Church Planting in Australia
What can we learn from the Australian church planting scene?
Episode 204: Long Distance Discipleship
How do you disciple your team from a distance?
Episode 203: Future Themes of Church Planting
What are some future themes to expect in church planting?
Episode 202: The First 100 Days
What should your focus be in the first 100 days of your new church plant?
Episode 201: Small Groups that Multiply
How do you encourage multiplication amongst your small groups?
Episode 200: The Future of Church Planting & Multisite
What’s next in church planting and multisite?
Episode 198: Planting with a Focus
How do you plant with a focus while avoiding exclusivity?
Episode 197: Unity in Multisite Campuses
How do you cultivate unity as a church when you have multiple campuses?
Episode 196: Deciding Governance
Should deciding church governance be a solo or team effort?
Episode 195: Starting a Midweek Bible Study
You want to start midweek Bible Studies but don’t have enough teachers to teach. What then?
Episode 194: Second Chair Leadership
What makes a good Second Chair Leader?
Episode 193: Contextualizing Multisite Campuses
What would it look like if every campus and church plant you start has a Kingdom-first mindset?
Episode 192: Outreach Ideas for Children
What are some creative ways to evangelize to children?
Episode 191: Protecting Church Members from Burnout
How do you protect your church members from getting burnt out?
Episode 190: Relaunching an Existing Church
Is relaunching an existing church plant a good idea?
Episode 189: Leadership & Multiethnic Ministry
How do you keep your congregation unified when there is a language barrier?
Episode 188: Co-Planting
Is two better than one when it comes to church planters?
Episode 187: Finding a Location
What should you look for in a permanent location?
Episode 186: Unhealthy Churches
What defines an unhealthy church and how do you know when it’s time to leave?
Episode 185: Training Your Core Team
How should you train your core team?
Episode 184: Nuts and Bolts of Core Team Training
Pastor Ronnie Parrott dives into the nuts and bolts of core team training.
Episode 183: Membership & Mission
How does membership and mission relate to a core team?
Episode 182: Filter, Prep, Pray
Ronnie Parrott continues his talk on recruiting a launch team.
Episode 181: Recruiting a Launch Team
How do you recruit a solid launch team?
Episode 180: Succession (5LQ Special)
In this 5LQ Special, we talk with Mark Jobe about Succession, Leadership, and Vision.
Episode 179: Challenges of Adding a Location
Daniel and Todd talk about leadership challenges when launching a new location.
Episode 178: Filling the Role of the Campus Pastor
Learn about different tools to utilize when looking for a potential campus pastor.
Episode 176: Planting Churches in Resistant Areas
What methods and models should a church planter use when planting in a more resistant area?
Episode 175: Timeline, Takeovers, Team
What timeline and tasks should you follow when launching a new campus from a previously existing church?
Episode 173: Starting a College Church Plant
How do you go about starting a church plant in a college area?
Episode 170: Raising Funds Post Launch
Your church has already launched, but you’re still in need of funds. What now?
Episode 168: Leaving Their Church To Come To Yours?
Someone is wanting to leave their church and join your church plant. What now?
Episode 167: The Senior Leader and Church Multiplication
How does the role of a leader evolve as a church grows?
Episode 166: Maintaining Momentum After Launching
What do you do when the excitement of launch Sunday is done?
Episode 165: Language Barriers in Multiethnic Ministry
Minister to every tribe and tongue by overcoming language barriers.
Episode 164: Prayer and Vision Meetings
Faithfully integrate prayer into the lifeblood of your new church.
Episode 163: The Sunday Leadership of the Campus Pastor
A campus pastor isn’t just an emcee. Learn best practices to maximize his position.
Episode 162: Relationship with “the Mothership”
Your sending church is a vital relationship. Here’s how to honor it without overstaying your welcome before launch.
Episode 161: Launching a First Satellite Campus
Hear what you should consider before launching your first satellite campus.
Episode 160: Organizing Your Church Plant’s Legal Framework
Learn what you have to do to get off the ground legally as a new church.
Episode 159: Sending a Launch Team from an Established Church
There’s enormous benefit to sending an established team out of a local church.
Episode 158: Starting Small Groups in Your Church Plant
Small groups are a crucial part of church life. But when should you start them?
Episode 157: Payroll, Budgeting and Financial “Rezourzes”
Finances are a significant part of church planting. Discover tools to maximize your time and your resources.
Episode 156: Church Podcasting Best Practices
Leverage podcasting for your church for maximum impact.
Episode 155: Staying “One Church in Multiple Locations”
What keeps a multisite campus a part of the broader church community culture?
Episode 154: Upcoming Trends in Church Planting
Hear our forecast for the incoming church planting weather system.
Episode 153: Developing the Campus Pastor Position
The Campus Pastor is a rapidly growing role in the local church. Here’s what Campus Pastoring is all about.
Episode 152: Writing a Church Plant Master Plan
Draft a master plan for your church plant to craft vision for the long haul.
Episode 151: Chris Phillips Talks About His Church Planting Journey
Discerning the call to plant can be difficult. Hear one pastor’s journey.
Episode 150: Building a Launch Team While Bivocational
Consider these factors when recruiting a core team while working bivocationally.
Episode 149: Planning Your Preaching in Planting
The first year of church planting is crucial. What should you be preaching about?
Episode 148: Inhibitors to DNA Clarity in Multisite Churches
Disseminate DNA across all campuses to enhance the unity of your church.
Episode 147: Communicating Effectively in Campus Ministry
Cultivate communication best practices that honor God.
Episode 146: Cultivating the Inner Life in Ministry
Hear from Michael Kelsey on the inner cultivation of a pastor.
Episode 145: Best Practices for Campus Pastors
Learn what sets apart the best campus pastors in the multisite world.
Episode 144: Discerning the Call to Campus Pastor
Do you think you may feel a calling to campus pastor? We’re here to help.
Episode 143: Rural Church Planting and Multisite Trends
Looking to go multisite in a rural context? We’re here to help.
Episode 142: How Old is Too Old to Plant a Church?
Is there a cap on how old someone can be to plant their first church?
Episode 141: Planting a Monocultural Church
Is there a right time and place to plant a monocultural church?
Episode 140: Qualities of a Campus Pastor
Identify the right campus pastor when expanding your church.
Episode 139: Scripturally Faithful Cultural Engagement
We are called to be both incarnational and faithful to the Word of God.
Episode 138: Balancing Development and Pastoral Care
How should a planter balance between his role as a pastor and as a developer?
Episode 137: Raising Funds for an Organic Church Plant
Raising the funds you need for the type of church you have.
Episode 136: Cell Groups and Church Multiplication
Utilize small groups to multiply disciples in your church.
Episode 135: Are Early Church Leadership Structures for Today?
How should we apply the Ephesians 4 “APEST” model in our churches today?
Episode 134: Buying or Building Leaders
Should you hire someone from outside your church or raise up a leader for a position?
Episode 133: Planting with Multiple Class Differences
Learn how your church can be a unifying force in the struggle between classes.
Episode 132: When it’s Time to Remove a Leader
Learn how to handle the difficulties of needing to remove someone from leadership.
Episode 131: Staffing the Right People in the Right Positions
Hire the right person(s) the first time. We can help you learn how.
Episode 130: Building Vibrant Guest Service Teams
No one person shoulders the entire burden alone.
Episode 129: Pastoring the Difficult Guest Services Dilemmas
Worship differences aren’t worship deficiencies.
Episode 128: The Church Culture Killer You Need
You have to confront the “we’re friendly” myth.
Episode 127: Giftings-Based Service in the Local Church
Your gifts are not meant to build you up.
Episode 126: Creating a Gospel-Centered Hospitality Culture
Guest Services have to be the front door to the gospel.
Episode 125: Getting People to Give to the Vision
Learn how to raise money through inspiration instead of guilt.
Episode 124: Effective Children’s Ministry in Church Planting
Doing Children’s Ministry on a shoestring budget? We’re here to help.
Episode 123: Planting in a Bilingual Context
Do bilingual ministry in a multi-ethnic context.
Episode 122: How to Pastor the Pastors
Discover the best ways to develop and do life alongside your lead team.
Episode 121: Working Alongside Established Churches
Inspire others toward the work of church multiplication.
Episode 120: Power Dynamics in Multi-Ethnic Churches
Are necessary leadership competencies universal regardless of ethnicity?
Episode 119: Best Practices in Bivocational Ministry
The kind of jobs church planters generally go to are the kind of jobs they don’t need.
Episode 118: Resources for Church Planters
Get equipped with the best church planting resources from outside of the church planting world.
Episode 117: Setup Teams and Portable Church
Reduce burnout among volunteers in portable church.
Episode 116: The Spiritual Health and Growth of the Church Planter
Discover why your spiritual health may be one of the most important factors in the lifeblood of your church.
Episode 115: Mapping and Engaging a City Context
Uncover and become intimately familiar with the heartbeat of your city.
Episode 114: Churches and Midweek Programs
Midweek services and programs can be great. But can there be too much of a good thing?
Episode 113: Cultivating an Ethnically Diverse Church
Learn how to build a multi-ethnic church from day one.
Episode 112: After School Programs and The Church
Is there value in a church plant getting involved in after school programs for children?
Episode 111: Church Response to Natural Disaster
We should be known as those who rushed to the aid, not who were too busy to care.
Episode 110: Developing the Volunteers in Your Church
Your best volunteers are likely sitting in your church on Sundays.
Episode 109: Responding to the Cultural Challenges of Our Day
Feel what it’s like to be a part of the minority culture.
Episode 106: Multisite Churches Within Denominations
Todd and Daniel talk about managing a multisite church under the umbrella of a larger denomination or network.
Episode 105: Hiring Right For the First Time
Ed and Daniel talk about staffing for growing churches looking to make their first hiring decision.
Episode 104: Should a Church Plant Switch to Saturday Services?
Are Sunday services a must? Find out what Todd and Daniel have to say.
Episode 103: Developing a Multigenerational Church
Learn how to build a church that reaches every generation for Christ.
Episode 102: Maximizing Community Events and Engagement
Learn what it takes to do community events and engagement well.
Episode 101: Developing a Multiplication Culture in Your Church
Cultivate a culture of multiplication in your church utilizing these principles.
Episode 99: How Far You Should Plant Away From Your Mother Church
Ed and Daniel talk vision for multiplication out of mother churches.
Episode 98: Hiring Your First Staff Position
Todd and Daniel talk through how to decide who to hire for your first employee.
Episode 97: Dealing with Discouragement in Church Planting
Ed and Daniel talk about discouragement in planting a church.
Episode 96: Leadership Models in Multisite Churches
Learn the leadership details you need to make multisite church work.
Episode 95: Best Practices for Church Plant Fundraising
Fundraising can be one of the toughest parts about planting a church. Hear from Ed and Daniel on how to do it right.
Episode 94: Choosing Between Saturday and Sunday Night Services
Learn how to make your evening services the best they can be.
Episode 88: Choosing the Right Education for Church Planting
Combine a quality biblical education with practical experience.
Episode 87: Planting and Evangelizing with Other Religions in Mind
Hear from Ed and Daniel as they talk about reaching people of other faiths.
Episode 86: Critical Mass and Launching a New Campus
So you’re at critical mass in your services? Here are some things to consider before launching a new campus.
Episode 85: Gaining Commitment in Your Core Team
Strengthen your core team with clear and compelling vision.
Episode 84: The Skill Every Church Planter Must Have
Not an expert at everything in your church? You’re probably not alone.
Episode 83: Doctrinal Demarcations in Church Planting
We all possess beliefs. What are the necessary beliefs to share when starting a church?
Episode 82: Discipleship for New Believers
Discover how to disciple new believers God’s way.
Episode 81: Developing and Being Developed
Maximize your effectiveness by spending your time on the right things.
Episode 79: Developing a Culture of Generosity in Your Church
Uncover the best practices in talking about financial stewardship and developing a generous culture.
Episode 78: Releasing Responsibility for High Capacity Development
Learn why releasing responsibility develops your leaders and how to do it well.
Episode 77: Engaging the Millennial Generation
Learn what is important and maybe what’s not so important in reaching the millennial generation.
Episode 76: Finding the Right Sized Launch Team
Consider these factors when setting goals for building your launch team.
Episode 75: Leading Your Church Plant on the Road To Multiplication
How to transition your church from a church plant to a multiplying church.
Episode 71: Avoiding Distraction and Burnout
Keeping the main thing in front of you and not fizzing out in the process.
Episode 69: Leaving Your Current Church with Blessing
Learn the in’s and out’s of leaving your existing church in a healthy fashion.
Episode 67: Choosing the Right Place and Time to Plant a Church
Learn how to choose the right time and context for your church plant.