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Church Planter Identity Crisis

Will Basham

Most Americans don’t just work; we tend to derive identity from our work. Secular research confirms what many of us already feel: our careers don’t simply provide income; they shape our sense of self. It’s no surprise that this is the case when we live in a...

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Fewer Women Are Going to Church. Here’s How Church Plants Can Fix It.

Rivers Partin

Recent research has brought to light a deeply concerning shift: for the first time in decades, women are attending church less than men.   For those who care about the spiritual health of our neighbors, this is heavy. For those of us in...

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Your Calling Can’t be Calculated: Assessments and Almost Moments in Church Planting

Noah Oldham

I’ll never forget the day my sending church pastor walked into my office with an email in his hand. He said, “We got your score back from the church planting assessment— specifically your entrepreneurial score. It came back a 38.”...

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3 Things the Storms of Life Help Us See

Ronnie Martin

The first of the year equals desperate times for people in the Midwest. All of the whimsical, Christmas snow that fell so delicately a month before has now turned into piles of icy despair sprinkling the landscape. A 50-degree day...

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6 Reasons to Start a Men’s Ministry

Barnabas Piper

In a church plant, it is hard to know what to emphasize, what to pour your energy into. There are the non-negotiables like preaching, member care, and evangelism (although how you go about evangelism is a whole other pile of questions)....

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In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Noah Oldham is joined by Adam Muhtaseb and Matt Smethurst to tackle a crucial but often overlooked aspect of church planting: How do I build systems?

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