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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?
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Creative Facility Solutions for New Churches

Dan Mackett

Buildings too often hinder gospel advancement. The church is a people, not a building. It’s the gathering of God’s people to worship Him and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Yet the assembly...
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Crushing Expectations in Church Planting 

Matt Felton

Pressure points in church planting conspire to overwhelm us. We must draw these things up to the surface and examine the sources – healthy and unhealthy – before God.
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Charles Spurgeon, Pt.1 – Church Planting Ethics

Gabe Martin

Among the myriad of ministries to which Charles Spurgeon was committed, one of the most impactful was his commitment to establishing new churches. Let me share with you three of his ethical considerations that church planters 140 years later still would do well to incorporate into their ministry. 
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Charles Spurgeon, Pt.2 – The Priority of Church Planting

Clint Clifton

Why would Charles Spurgeon, pastor of the massive Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, urge members to leave the congregation to devote themselves to the prosperity of other churches?
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Church Planters, Let’s be Honest

Tom Bennardo

The truth about church planting never resembles the architect's renderings and the slick “plant with us” pamphlets. The realities can leave you confused and disillusioned. Here are five truths that might keep you keep you sane and in the game.
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Talking Internship with Mark Dever

Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., is well known for its effective intern program. Our Clint Clifton sat down with Mark Dever, the church’s senior pastor, to discuss the nuts and bolts of the program.