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New Churches Podcast Season 6 Episode 8
In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Noah Oldham is joined by Adam Muhtaseb and Matt Smethurst to tackle a crucial but often overlooked aspect of church planting: How do I build systems?
Vick Green
What are the essential steps that are needed to move someone from being a new believer to becoming your dream disciple? I want to give you four essential steps to your pathway and then show you the one that nearly every church is missing. Ken Blanchard identified four stages...
Jon Kelly
In an age where sermons can be downloaded, clipped, shared, and forgotten within hours, it is easy for pastors and church planters to think that our primary influence comes through our preaching. Preaching certainly matters. Faith comes by hearing the...
New Churches Podcast Season 6 Episode 7
In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Tony Merida is joined by Matt Smethurst and Daniel Santander to discuss one of the most essential tasks of a church planter: making disciples.
Will Basham
Most Americans don’t just work; we tend to derive identity from our work. Secular research confirms what many of us already feel: our careers don’t simply provide income; they shape our sense of self. It’s no surprise that this is the case when we live in a...
Rivers Partin
Recent research has brought to light a deeply concerning shift: for the first time in decades, women are attending church less than men. For those who care about the spiritual health of our neighbors, this is heavy. For those of us in...
New Churches Podcast Season 6 Episode 6
In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Jeff Medders is joined by Tony Merida and Matt Smethurst to answer a question many church planters wrestle with: How do I preach engaging sermons?
Noah Oldham
I’ll never forget the day my sending church pastor walked into my office with an email in his hand. He said, “We got your score back from the church planting assessment— specifically your entrepreneurial score. It came back a 38.”...
Ronnie Martin
The first of the year equals desperate times for people in the Midwest. All of the whimsical, Christmas snow that fell so delicately a month before has now turned into piles of icy despair sprinkling the landscape. A 50-degree day...
New Churches Podcast Season 6 Episode 5
In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Noah Oldham is joined by Adam Muhtaseb and Vergil Brown to answer two of the most common—and often most stressful—questions church planters face: How do I raise money, and how do I find a space?
Barnabas Piper
In a church plant, it is hard to know what to emphasize, what to pour your energy into. There are the non-negotiables like preaching, member care, and evangelism (although how you go about evangelism is a whole other pile of questions)....
Adam Muhtaseb
Have you ever been truly discouraged? Not mildly frustrated. Not just worn out after a long week. But the kind of discouragement that makes you quietly wonder, “Can I actually keep going?” Several years into planting in Baltimore, I hit that wall. ...
New Churches Podcast Season 6 Episode 4
In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Tony Merida is joined by Vergil Brown and Jeff Medders to tackle a crucial question for church planters: How do I faithfully engage my city with the hope of the gospel?
J.A. Medders
Leadership is influence toward a goal. This simple definition applies to NFL teams chasing the Super Bowl, businesses seeking to increase sales, and church planters and church-planting teams. Planter, you are a spiritual leader. Spiritual leadership is influence toward the biblical...
Dan Steel
Since before Christmas, two related but separate conversations have served as a proverbial stone in my shoe. They both got me thinking about our “functional” authority when it comes to church planting models and expectations. The first was with a...
New Churches Podcast Season 6 Episode 3
In this episode of the New Churches podcast, host Jeff Medders is joined by Tony Merida and Matt Smethurst to address one of the most important—and often challenging—realities of church planting: building a team.
I wake up every morning and generally have no idea what I’m doing on any given day. I’m not referring to my general cluelessness about life (although that does exist more often than I’d like to admit). I’m referring to the busyness that seems to captivate many of my days. And, particularly...
Luke Simmons
Lately, my house smells incredible. My 17-year-old daughter is in her “sourdough era,” and we are loving it. (When parents warn you about your kids’ “phases,” nobody says this is even possible!) Warm, tangy sourdough makes for a comforting...
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