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Nine Essentials for Church Planters

1.5 hours 10

Tony Merida delivers the nine essentials of a thriving church planter through the lens of Scripture. Uncover God’s design for faithful and effective church planting, from the earliest days of your ministry to the daily grind of your established church....
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Two Shifts to Spark Your Disciple Making Movement

Vick Green

In the 1920s, it’s believed that two of every three cars on the road were a Ford Model T. Henry Ford changed the automobile industry forever. Not only did his Model T become the most popular vehicle of all time,...
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J.T. English on Discipleship That Builds the Church

New Churches Podcast Season 4 Episode 1

Host Jeff Medders is joined by J.T. English in this special episode of the New Churches podcast for a discussion on the vital link between evangelism and discipleship in church planting.
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Doubting Your Call in Down Times

Ronnie Martin

“But what if it turns out that I’m just not called to do this?” The voice on the other end of the phone sounded concerned. Slightly exasperated. Mentally exhausted. The church plant was entering its third year, and although they...
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The 5 Hour Sermon: A Covo Preacher’s Guide

Phil Thompson

We planted in the best year for church planting ever—2020. And as a result, we chucked the typical church planter’s playbook and started with a Sunday morning gathering in a location where people could spread out and distance themselves. But...
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Spurgeon’s 9 Tips for New Preachers

J.A. Medders

Charles Spurgeon was a great preacher and a great trainer of preachers. Through the Pastors’ College, Spurgeon trained and helped hundreds of men become faithful and effective preachers. I took his lecture titled “Sermons” and came up with nine summary...
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Don’t Wait for Year Five: Vision Lessons for Church Planters Today

Noah Oldham

In 2014, I preached a sermon at our church’s five-year anniversary. We celebrated all that God had done, but we didn’t stop there. We turned our eyes toward the future and asked: Who are we becoming? Who will we be...
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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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How to Plan a Preaching Calendar

Dayton Hartman

Without a plan, you won’t serve your people well. A preaching calendar is essential. Download this free PDF for the answers to six questions that should guide how you plan your preaching calendar.
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6 Things Your Kids Need Most from You as Their Pastor

Jon Kelly

One thing I struggled to embrace in my early years of ministry is that I’m not only my children’s father—I’m also their pastor. I always aimed to be a good dad, but I didn’t give much thought to what it...
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What Unity in the Church Is and Isn’t

Barnabas Piper

When a church is divided, it is awful. Sometimes it spells disaster. It always spells exhaustion and hurt. Whether it is division between leaders, between members, or between leaders and members, division is abominable because it is a breakdown in...
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Succession in Church Plants

Dan Steel

Church planting is inherently future-focused. Planters begin with a bold vision, prayerful dependence on God, and a strong desire to see gospel fruit. Yet ironically, few planters give serious thought to a future without themselves in the picture. We pour...
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Maximize Your Summer: Plan for Fall Ministry

Noah Oldham

Summertime State of Mind It’s summertime, and in the church world, this means that everything seems to both speed up and slow down at the same time. Children and students are out of school, and that means ministries related to...
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Ladies, in Every Season, You Have a Place in the Mission

Heather Oldham

I’ve walked through seasons that could’ve swallowed me whole—infertility, the heartbreak of unanswered prayers, and silent waiting. Then, parachute planting a church from scratch, stepping into the unknown with nothing but faith, and launching that church just one month before...
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Church Planting Masterclass

8.5 Hours 79 Videos

There’s a lot to know before starting a church, and finding reliable information can be daunting. There’s a lot out there. The Church Planting Masterclass is valuable, accessible training from expert practitioners, to help kickstart your church planting journey with clarity and confidence.
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15 Points from Spurgeon on Praying in Public

J.A. Medders

Don’t overlook your public prayers. It is too easy to fall into the practice of putting effort and thought into everything that happens on Sunday morning, except your prayers from the stage. These moments matter, are holy, and instructive. You...
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The Pandemic of Pastoral Loneliness

Matt Carter

I recently spent a couple of days around a table with 8 pastors discussing life and ministry. They ranged in age from their mid-forties to mid-fifties. Many of these guys, you’d know their names because they’ve had a significant impact...
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The Weight of Our Hope

Ronnie Martin

If the fruit of humanity is humility, then the fruit of humility is hopefulness. And hopefulness comes through the refining fires of waiting. For there to be hope, there needs to be something unseen to be hoped for.  “We look...
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Leading Your Church to Be a Multiplying Church

Noah Oldham

Evangelicalism isn’t just a theology—it’s a movement. At its core is the belief that the Gospel is meant to spread. Jesus didn’t just call His followers to gather—He called us to go. He didn’t just build a church to preserve...
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Best Practices for Leading Efficient and Productive Team Meetings

Jon Kelly

We’ve all experienced it—a meeting that dragged on too long, veered off course, or left us wondering why we were even there. The truth is, meetings should be purposeful. They should serve as strategic touchpoints that align your team, clarify...
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The Grace of “And”

Barnabas Piper

I don’t know if it’s a trend or if social media and the sharability of video clips have just made it more obvious, but there is a troubling pattern in the communication of many preachers today: the pithy false dichotomy....