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Clint Clifton

Clint Clifton passed away on January 12, 2023, as a result of a small plane crash. Clint and his wife, Jennifer, had been married since 2000 and have five children. He completed a B.A. from The Baptist College of Florida and an M.A. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. Clint founded Pillar Church in Dumfries, Virginia, in 2005. He oversaw the fruitful church planting efforts of Pillar Church and served as Senior Director of Resource and Research Strategy for the North American Mission Board.

Resources from Clint

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4 Reasons Churches Don’t Multiply

Clint Clifton

While pastors today have a positive demeanor toward church planting in their communities, you still can hear four common excuses for not leading a church to multiply.
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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...
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How to Develop Confidence in Gospel Preaching

Clint Clifton

Dispense God’s Word to His people with care. The gospel is church planting's most concentrated weapon. Wave it like a banner before your people.
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9 Unique Baptism Options for New Churches

Clint Clifton

The joy of a lost soul coming to Christ often is followed by a challenge: finding a way to baptize them. Here’s a list of 10 unique baptism options, all inspired by planters.
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Planting is Tough, but Jesus is Enough

Clint Clifton

Suffering is part of the church planting package, but we can agree with the Psalmist that God is the strength of our heart and our portion forever (Ps. 73:26).
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Why I Hate Pastor Appreciation Month 

Clint Clifton

In your church-planting journey, you will meet with discouragement, unmet expectations and underwhelming results. Let this little acrostic H.E.L.P. you get through “Pastor Appreciation Month” without anxiety attacks. 
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Church Planter Basics 1: The Church 

Clint Clifton

As we seek to be creative or innovative in planting, we must not compromise the integrity of the institution God intends to use to bring His gospel to the world.
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The Church Planting Savior Complex

Clint Clifton

With the rise of me-centered Christianity comes the danger of me-centered ministry. In pastoral ministry – and in church planting specifically – pride is a greater danger than failure.
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Three Church Planting Lessons from IKEA 

Clint Clifton

I’ve been fascinated with IKEA since first visiting the home furnishing superstore more than 20 years ago. Over the years I’ve formed a set of IKEA-inspired church-planting lessons.
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What is Church Planting?

Clint Clifton

Church planting is not a job or career choice. We pursue church planting because God has broken our heart for a people and called us to plant among them.
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What is a ‘Sending Church’?

Clint Clifton

Our new (and free!) Sending Church Masterclass provides training and development for kingdom-minded leaders in the Great Commission work of taking the gospel to the nations.
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Kickstart Your Church Planting Journey

Clint Clifton

The Church Planting Masterclass can help you accelerate your growth as a church planter with 80 presentations focused on church planting basics. You'll get relevant training on both theological and practical topics, like exegeting your community, building a team, making disciples, extraordinary communication and preserving family life.
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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.
Course

Sending Church Masterclass

3 Hours 30 Videos

You’ve said yes to the Great Commission’s call to make disciples. That means planting new churches. So what is a sending church, and how do you lead your local church with a multiplication mindset? The Sending Church Masterclass examines the responsibilities of sending congregations and how to prepare and support the church planters you commission.
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Articulating Your Leadership Ethos

Clint Clifton & Colby Garman

Putting the intangibles of culture into words isn’t very easy. We offer our church's values document with the hope you find it helpful as you work to build Jesus’ church and lead His sheep.
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Send This to Someone You Think Should be a Pastor

Clint Clifton

Your encouragement quite literally could change the course of someone's life forever. Let me tell you about two that changed mine.