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Brutal Feedback is Your Friend

Mike Godfrey

We all need mentors and trustworthy brothers and sisters in Christ willing to give us honest feedback. When the feedback is brutal, remind yourself they are saying hard things to you for your success, not your failure.
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Should I Have Family Members as Team Members? 

Will Klotz

Would your family be a fruitful addition to your core team or send you toward a Jerry Springer-style family meltdown? Will Klotz offers some pros and cons, along with a few pieces of practical wisdom he picked up as a planter himself. 
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7 Ways Church Planting Will Bless Your Church

Brian O'Day

My conviction that the Great Commission is a call to plant churches has been strengthened by observing firsthand the blessings it has had in the life of the church I planted several years ago. Let me list seven ways church planting will bless your congregation.
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Singleness in Church Planting

Noeman Diaz, planter and pastor of Iglesia Vida in La Mesa, California, is one of the few unmarried church planters in the Send Network. Our Clint Clifton sat down with him to discuss the unique benefits and challenges of planting as a single man.
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What Every Church-Planting Wife Needs to Hear

Christine Hoover

“Words of encouragement to a wife are like water to a plant.” Every wife needs and craves encouragement from her husband – especially when he is a church planter.
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5 Steps for Planning Your Preaching Calendar

Rick Duncan

Digital media have made it easy to hear excellent communicators. That has created high expectations among today’s church attendees. Planning your preaching ought to be a top priority and Rick Duncan offers five steps to get you there.
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Church Planter, Plan What You Preach!

Mike Godfrey

You don’t want to wait until the last minute decide what you will preach. Mike Godfrey lists seven benefits of planning what you will preach.
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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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When Crisis Strikes Your Ministry

A veteran of 20 years in strategic communications, Christian Pinkston offers a big-picture overview of several key factors in church crisis communications.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Church Planters Face This Great Danger

Trevin Wax

Familiarity is the enemy of wonder. Church planters face a danger common to anyone heavily involved in ministry: We get familiar with holy things. Perhaps overly familiar.
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The Downside of Professional Christianity

Clint Clifton

My service in vocational ministry, particularly in church planting, has complicated my daily walk with Christ. The deeper into professional Christianity I got, the more I felt sinfully entitled in four ways.
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5 Reasons Your Church Plant Needs Membership

Brian O'Day

Your church plant needs membership to become a church. Let me offer five reasons.
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3 Great Side Hustles for Church Planters

Clint Clifton

These days it seems every church planter has a "side hustle." The increasingly expensive cities we are working to reach have created a need for a marketable skill or trade that will provide a missiological and financial foothold in the community. So what side hustles are most compatible with church planting?