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9 Best Practices for Leading a Residency

Gus Hernandez Jr.

On a recent trip to Legoland Florida with my family, I came across a mind-blowing stat about Lego brick combinations. A Danish mathematics professor, Søren Eilers, calculated that with only 6 identical 2×4 Lego bricks of the same color, you...
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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.
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Ways to Find Great Residents

Bob Burton

What are the two best things any pastor could do to find great residents?
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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.
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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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Q and A: Church Planter Residencies

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 636

Episode 636: Residencies are crucial to multiplication in church planting, but how do you start and organize them? Host Clint Clifton discusses the practical components of residency with Noah Oldham, pastor of August Gate Church in St. Louis. In This...
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Four Reasons You Should Start a Residency

Clint Clifton

Starting a residency will transform your ministry and your church. Here are four reasons to have an intentional plan for turning members into missional leaders.
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FAQ: How to Start a Residency

Clint Clifton

What is a residency? A residency is a plan for turning members into missional leaders. Pastors are given a clear job description in Ephesians 4:11-13: “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip...
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How To Start a Residency

Turning Members into Missional Leaders

Clint Clifton

How do you equip church members to become missional leaders? How to Start a Residency by Clint Clifton explores 9 questions to help you begin a residency at your church. What is a residency? Why should every pastor start a...
Podcast Episode

Starting a Residency

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 632

Episode 632: Church-based residencies are a growing trend in ministerial and church planter training. Co-hosts Ed Stetzer and Dhati Lewis discuss the complexities and simplicities of such programs and offer some valuable insight on how churches both large and small...
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Trend #3 for the Future of Church Planting: Residencies and Theological Education

Seminaries are realizing that ministerial training happens best in the context of a local church.
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Residency Toolkit

The following 20 documents will help you as you develop a residency at your church. Most documents are intended for church planting or pastoral residencies. You may use documents as is or modify to meet the specific needs of your...
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3 Ways to Equip the Next Generation

Chris Phillips

“Your generation doesn’t have it as bad as our generation” is a stale approach to bringing up tomorrow's leaders. Here are three ways you can lead the next generation today.
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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...
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Systems for Multiplication

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 638

Episode 638: Systems for multiplying church leaders must have a healthy balance of the organic and  pragmatic. Host Clint Clifton discusses how to create an effective system of leadership development with Todd Adkins, director of LifeWay Leadership. In This Episode,...
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Lessons From the Trenches: 4 Things I Will Do Again and Again

Jason Zellmer

I have learned a valuable lesson for battling in the trenches: When you discover what works, stick with it. I want to share four things that are biblical, effective and, regardless of your context, will yield success as you battle in the trenches.
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3 Ways to Help Your Core Team Thrive

Dean Fulks

First-time planters and first-time parents share so much of the same experience. Here are three key lessons to learn as you seek to nurture and care for your new core team.
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How Do I Get Started in Planting?

Gabe Martin

To get started in church planting, you must confirm that God has called you to this work.