Contributor

Vance Pitman

President Send Network

Vance Pitman is president of Send Network, founding pastor of Hope Church, and author of UNBURDENED: Stop Living for Jesus So Jesus Can Live Through You and The Stressless Life: Experiencing the Unshakable Presence of God’s Indescribable Peace. As a seasoned church planter and now leader of the largest church planting organization in North America, Vance seeks to inspire people to join in God’s eternal, redemptive mission of making disciples, by multiplying the Church all over North America, that the nations may come to know Him.  Vance and his wife Kristie have four children and four grandchildren, and live in Georgia.

Resources from Vance

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How to Engage the City

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 10

Uncover what it means for your church plant to foster a culture of good works so that your community will come to know the Lord and be changed by His gospel message of hope.
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Spiritual Formation of Women

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

Discover how you, like Paul, can serve, engage, recruit, and commission the women of your congregation by casting an intentional vision for their growth and development as disciples of the Word.
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Challenges in the Planting Context

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 4

Discover how you can grow as a public theologian and apologist in your community as you discern and address the differences between sound teaching and false teaching, wrong teaching, and different teaching.
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Churches Need Strong Leaders

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 3

Tune in to discover why character is so essential to the health and longevity of your church plant.
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Planters Need Mentors

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 1

Discover why mentor relationships are so vital in the lives of planters and pastors today, as well as what it looks like to equip and deploy planters through the lens of Paul’s and Titus’s examples.
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Small Groups for Women

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 832

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham team back up with author and Bible teacher Jen Wilkin to discuss the impact of discipling women through the small group method. Tune in to discover how you can create intentional, impactful discipleship spaces...
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Theological Training for Women in the Church

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 830

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham meet with author and Bible teacher Jen Wilkin to discuss the eternal impact of training up the women in our congregations. Tune in to discover how you can help your church plant grow in...
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Pursuing Intimacy with Christ

Vance Pitman

Ministry is not the primary call on our lives; intimacy is. Discover how your personal journey with Christ sets the tone for your calling to live on mission.
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Identifying and Raising Up the Next Generation to Lead Now

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 828

Hosts Vance Pitman and Jeff Medders team up with Troy Nesbitt, the president of the Salt Network, to discuss the roles of mentorship, discipleship, and leadership within our ministry spheres. Tune in to discover how you can reach the next...
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The Importance and Opportunity of Church Planting in College Towns

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 825

Hosts Vance Pitman and Jeff Medders team up with Troy Nesbitt, the president of the Salt Network, a church planting network dedicated to reaching college students with the hope of the gospel. Tune in to discover what sets this student...
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Becoming a Church that Multiplies

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 823

Hosts Vance Pitman and Jeff Medders reunite with Aaron Cavin, the pastor, planter, and Send Network city missionary to Boston, Massachusetts. Tune in as they discuss the intricacies of developing a sending church culture and how you can help your...
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Why Every Planter Needs a Network

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 820

Hosts Vance Pitman and Jeff Medders meet up with Aaron Cavin, the pastor, planter, and Send Network city missionary to Boston. Listen in as they discuss their own experiences in being part of a church planting network, as well as...
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Engage the City to Reach the City

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 818

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham meet with Darryl Speers, Send Relief missionary to Los Angeles, California. Tune in to discover how the Lord interrupted this church planter’s plans for the good of the church and the engagement of their...
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Overcoming Obstacles that Keep a Church Plant from Praying

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 816

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham discuss their shared experiences of engaging the powerhouse of their church planting endeavors: prayer. Tune in to learn more about these prayer-fueled opportunities disguised as challenges from the first days of your church plant...
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Why the Strongest Strategy is Planting in Plurality

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 814

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham spend time discussing their shared experiences of church planting in the context of a team. Listen as they share the wisdom they’ve gained through the lessons they’ve learned on the field and why sticking...
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Encouraging Women in Evangelism

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 810

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham meet with pastor’s wife, mom, and National Director of Women’s Evangelism, Catherine Renfro, to discuss the significance of women’s evangelism in the life of the church. Tune in to discover how you can mobilize...
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Raising Up Women Leaders

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 812

Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham team back up with pastor’s wife, mom, and National Director of Women’s Evangelism, Catherine Renfro, to dive into the impact of investing in the ladies of your congregation. Tune in to discover why God...
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Good Mentoring Relationships

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 804

Episode 804 Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham return for another episode with pastor, planter, and leadership expert Dr. Crawford Loritts. Tune in to discover what you can gain through the guidance of those who have gone before you on...