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Church Planting Like a Missionary

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Church planting is about more than Sunday services—it’s about engaging your city, making disciples, and planting healthy, biblical churches. Church Planting Like a Missionary explores how planters can build strong leadership, foster missional community, and cast God-given vision in a way that aligns people with His kingdom purposes.

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7 Point Inspection for Church Planter

Luke Simmons

Recently, I discovered I was breaking the law.  Somehow, my vehicle registration slipped through the cracks of my junk-filled personal email account. After my wife was pulled over while driving my car, she told me with loving firmness that I needed...
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A Diagnostic of Weary Church Planters

Dan Steel

I bet you know the passage. Matthew 11:28–30.   “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,...
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Theology for Church Planters

10 Doctrines that Ground & Guide

J.A. Medders

As a church planter, your knowledge and practice of God’s Word and ways are employed on the front lines of the kingdom advancing around the world. In this free eBook by Jeff Medders, you will learn about 10 doctrines to...
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4 Leadership Lessons from Gethsemane

Noah Oldham

Years ago, I saw a meme that showed a dog chasing a bird off a cliff, mouth open, ready to bite. The caption said, “Some decisions made in anger can’t be undone.”  That meme has stuck with me. Because it’s funny until it’s not.  It’s funny...
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3 Criteria for a Healthy Men’s Ministry

Barnabas Piper

Traditional men’s ministry is activity-centric with a heavy (literally) dose of food thrown in. Or maybe it’s food-centric with an activity as the primary excuse to gather and eat. And for good reason—shared activity (games, sports, projects, etc.) and good...
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4 Axioms from Spurgeon’s Leadership

J.A. Medders

Our lives are filled with axioms. These truisms, even if overstated, make a helpful point that’s easy to remember.  In the world of sports, we hear, “Your best ability is availability.” I love this axiom. A great player who is always injured hurts his...
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5 Principles for Hiring Staff

Luke Simmons

“What do I need to be thinking about when it comes to staffing?” As I coach church planters, this question comes up again and again. Hiring and building a staff is an area of leadership that most church planters are...
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4 Steps of a Discipleship Pathway

Vick Green

What are the essential steps that are needed to move someone from being a new believer to becoming your dream disciple? I want to give you four essential steps to your pathway and then show you the one that nearly every church is missing.   Ken Blanchard identified four stages...
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How Do I Avoid Burnout?

In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Jeff Medders is joined by Adam Muhtaseb and Daniel Santander to tackle one of the most urgent and personal questions every church planter must face: How do I not burn out?

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