Creating Faith Goals for Your Church
Episode 737 How do you set goals for your church without slipping into pragmatism? Ed Stetzer...
New Churches Podcast
The New Churches podcast offers practical answers to your real ministry questions. We aren’t going to provide lofty pie-in-the-sky theories. Instead, we are going to help you in your real ministry context, with your real thoughts, questions, and issues.
The New Churches podcast offers practical answers to your real ministry questions. We aren’t going to provide lofty pie-in-the-sky theories. Instead, we are going to help you in your real ministry context, with your real thoughts, questions, and issues.
Pastor Dad: Pastoral Ministry and Fatherhood
Episode 736 “Pastor Dads” face tremendous challenges in raising children. Clint Clifton talks with Bryan Loritts...
Fighting Feelings of Inferiority
Episode 735 Most, if not all, church planters struggle with feeling inferior. Ed Stetzer, Scotty Smith...
Best Hiring Practices for a New Church
Episode 734 We know the value of building leaders, but what about when we need to...
The Long View: Church Planting with End Goals in Mind
Episode 733 Everything about planting screams, “Emergency!” Host Ed Stetzer talks with Scotty Smith and Adam...
Executive Leadership in New Churches
Episode 732 Regardless of a church’s financial situation, every pastor can benefit from having a “No....
Did the Pandemic Change Church Planting?
Episode 731 Did the pandemic affect your church differently than others? Host Ed Stetzer talks with...
Episode 730 Jesus said to make disciples, but how do we make disciples who make disciples?...
What Clint Clifton Would Want You to Know About Church Planting
Episode 728 Clint Clifton believed our love of the Lord compels us to evangelize and multiply...
Funding: What Does it Cost to Plant a Church?
Episode 727 What does it actually cost to plant a church? Host Ed Stetzer talks with...
Set Yourself Up for a Great Year!
Episode 726 Looking at this past year, many of us think, “Wow, that could’ve gone better.”...
Year in Review: 3 Ways to Improve Your Preaching
Year in Review: Episode 725 One of the most important topics for pastors and church planters...
Year in Review: Organizing Your Week
Year in Review | Episode 723 Pastors and church planters feel the pinch of not having...
Year in Review: Reaching People Far from God
Year in Review: Episode 722 Many church planters set out to reach people with the gospel...
What Churches that Multiply Do Differently
Episode 721 Many pastors intend for their church to multiply, but very few actually start new...
From Maintenance to Multiplication
Episode 719 Pastors are so overwhelmed with responsibilities that they often move the bar really low...
Episode 717 What happens in churches when pastors don’t properly plan for someone to succeed them?...
Financing Ministry in the Expensive Urban Core
Episode 716 Raising funds for a church plant in the expensive urban core of a city...
Episode 715 Even if we say growth is really not a congregation’s goal, there’s a subtle...
Church Planting in the Big Apple
Episode 714 The complex diversity of places like New York City poses challenges and creates opportunities...
Episode 713 People talk about calling in such a subjective way that it’s a little hard...
Episode 712 Seasonal community outreach isn’t a topic of widespread discussion but it’s a very practical...
Episode 711 Is a multi-leader organization really a “two-headed snake”? Or is co-pastoring a restoration of...
Episode 710 Planters face challenges trying to raise up pastors, but they also have some advantages....
Episode 709 As you reach people for Jesus, inevitably they are going to ask what the...
Episode 708 Leveraging business for mission presents numerous challenges, yet there are strong arguments to be...
Episode 707 There’s so much to book writing that’s unknown and kind of mysterious to those...
How to Help When Disaster Strikes Your Community
Episode 706 When disaster strikes your community, every church planter must see it as a God-given...
Increasing Your Congregation’s Church Planting IQ
Episode 705 As we’re coming out of Covid, how do we get churches thinking about church...
Episode 704 Planters and church-planting networks and organizations are trying to figure out how they fit...
Introducing Reconstructing Faith
I’m Trevin Wax. In October, I’m starting a new podcast called Reconstructing Faith that examines the...
Kids Ministry for Church Plants
Episode 703 Church planters and their teams are on the lookout for best practices in starting...
Disciple-Making Strategies for New Churches
Episode 702 We often think of discipleship as a post-conversion process, but it also can be...
Engage the City, Make Disciples, Build the Church
Episode 701 Most, if not all, church planters aspire to start a multiplying church. Yet often...
Episode 700 Ministry wives face unique challenges, and fewer resources are produced to help them than...
Demystifying Church Facility Financing
Episode 699 Church planters are thinking about financing permanent facilities, but probably no group of people...
Finding a Facility for Your Growing Church
Episode 698: Finding a facility for a new church is is one of the most challenging...
Episode 697: No planter goes in thinking it’s going to be easy, but none knows quite...
Episode 696: When a church sends out a planter, the relationship hasn’t ended; it’s just begun....
What is the Mission? Why Does it Matter? Part 2
Episode 695: How you plant a church is shaped by missiology and what you end up...
What is the Mission? Why Does it Matter? Part 1
Episode 694: What is the mission of the church? To many, the answer seems obvious but...
Why I Would Never Support Your Church Plant
Episode 693: Many times, church planters are disappointed when they work hard to rustle up support...
Embedding Into the Fabric of Your City
Episode 692: When you are planting a church in a community that’s new to you, getting...
Build in the Beginning What You Want in the End
Episode 691: Whatever you want to be true of your church in maturity must be embedded...
Pastors are Professional Forgivers
Episode 690: Pastors often are criticized unfairly and need to forgive the sin, yet they also...
Church Planter Kids in a Secular School
Episode 689: Church planting families face complex issues in today’s increasingly secular social environment, especially when...
Episode 688: A lot of planters and pastors want to read more but they are strapped...
Description: Episode 687: Leaders are readers and if you’re not a learner in this day and...
Episode 686: The old maxim is “Church planting and money – it’s hard to get them...
Building a Team for Your New Church
Episode 684: One of the biggest challenges planters face is recruiting people and building them into...
Episode 683: Sometimes church planters get a sense of entitlement about monetary support. Host Clint Clifton...
Episode 682: Every church planter has experienced the link between prayer and progress in the ministry....
Episode 681: Sometimes church planters feel tension between being a pastor and a husband and father....
Episode 680: Serial church planting hasn’t seemed to be a valued option in the world of...
Episode 679: Hector Medina came from a gang background and hated God and Christianity. Now he...
Episode 678: As a church planter, what does “sustainable” mean to you? Host Ed Stetzer discusses...
Episode 677: It’s hard to get people who are on your side to give you honest...
Episode 676: The ministry demands of church planting can weigh heavily on a pastor, with the...
Episode 675: Trevin Wax and Clint Clifton review our new (free) Church Planting Masterclass, which offers...
Episode 674: Churches with a desire to multiply will greatly benefit from the expertise of pastors...
Episode 673: When the preparedness of a prospective church planter is being assessed, different evaluators may...
Episode 668: The past couple of years have been a difficult season for church planters and...
Building A Church Planting Family
Episode 661: When the Lord casts a vision of planting a network of multiplying churches, the...
Episode 660: Pastors and church planters feel the pinch of not having enough time. Host Clint...
Episode 659: Choosing a church name is like picking an outfit you’re going to wear for...
Episode 658: Each individual planter and every church context has a unique set of limitations and...
Sabbaticals for Church Planting Pastors
Episode 657: As pastoral work has in recent years grown more difficult, sabbaticals seem to be...
Episode 656: With most churches now starting with multiple-pastor, multiple-elders models, a de-emphasis on the role...
Episode 655: The “Zero Year” is the time of preparation that leads up to the church...
Episode 654: Many church planters set out to reach people with the gospel but often find...
Church Multiplication in ‘Sin City’
Episode 653: Planting a church is challenging enough, but when your city is almost-completely unchurched, the...
Episode 652: What should a church planter do who’s at the soul level of tired? Host...
Loving Your Family While Planting a Church
Episode 651: Planting a church inevitably creates enormous pressures on the planter’s family. Host Ed Stetzer...
Leading and Loving Difficult Team Members
Episode 650: Church leaders, at some point, will have a difficult time with a team member,...
Episode 649: Some people think pastors shouldn’t be friends with members of the congregation. Others think...
The Downside of Professional Christianity
Episode 648: Full-time paid ministry is fraught with perils. Host Trevin Wax and Ed Welch, a...
Episode 647: At some point in church ministry, practically all pastors will experience betrayal or hurt...
3 Ways to Improve Your Preaching
Episode 646: One of the most important topics for pastors and church planters is improving their...
Episode 645: Preaching to a small crowd offers both unique opportunities and particular challenges. Host Clint...
When Crisis Strikes Your Ministry
Episode 644: An explosive crisis in a church can destroy both the congregation and Christ’s reputation...
4 Funding Models for Church Planters
Episode 643: Ed Stetzer, Tiffany Smith and Clint Clifton discuss the advantages and disadvantages of four...
Episode 642: Next-generation missionaries and church planters are leveraging their careers for mission. Host Ed Stetzer...
Episode 639: When people experience powerful moments at church, they leave remembering having encountered the Lord...
Episode 638: Systems for multiplying church leaders must have a healthy balance of the organic and ...
Discovering Pastoral Potential
Episode 637: One of the biggest problems a pastor faces is developing leadership. Host Clint Clifton...
Q&A: Church Planter Residencies
Episode 636: Residencies are crucial to multiplication in church planting, but how do you start and...
Getting Serious About Getting Healthy
Episode 635: The physical health of a church planter directly affects his spiritual health – and...
Dreaming Big on a Shoestring Budget
Episode 634: Can a church-planter or team dream big on a shoestring budget? Co-hosts Clint Clifton...
Episode 633: If a church planter has “parachuted” into an unfamiliar city, how can he best...
Episode 632: Church-based residencies are a growing trend in ministerial and church planter training. Co-hosts Ed...
Episode 631: What three main factors cause church plants to fail? Co-Hosts Clint Clifton and Todd...
Church Plants Multiplying Early
Episode 630: When should a church plant set its sights on planting a daughter church? Co-hosts...
Why is Church Planting So Hard?
Episode 629: What two things can we do to encourage more bivo/covo church planting – and...
Episode 628: What are some traits of domineering leaders and how can you recognize them in...
How Does Funding Work for Church Planting?
In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The three categories of church planters The process for developing the...
How Do I Get Started in Church Planting?
In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Three components of calling to plant a church – and why...
What is a Church Planting Movement?
Episode 625: Host Ed Stetzer and Brad Brisco, NAMB’s director of bivocational church planting, discuss church...
Where is Church Planting in the Bible?
Episode 624: While the words “church planting” don’t appear in the Bible, the entire context of...
What Pastors Should Learn From ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’
Episode 623: Podcaster Mike Cosper’s groundbreaking series, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill,” offers several...
Mike Cosper: Maker of ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’
Episode 622: Podcaster Mike Cosper’s groundbreaking series, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill,” takes you inside...