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Building Your Core Team

Models and Best Practices

Ed Stetzer & Matt Rogers

It’s not difficult to convince people to join a new venture like a church. But it is difficult to discern and invite the right people into your core team. Ed Stetzer and Matt Rogers examine five shared foundations for a...
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Symptoms of Burnout

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 652

Episode 652: What should a church planter do who’s at the soul level of tired? Host Ed Stetzer discusses the symptoms of ministry burnout with Jessica Thompson, director of operations for the New City church planting network, and James Hobson,...
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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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Loving Your Family While Planting a Church

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 651

Episode 651: Planting a church inevitably creates enormous pressures on the planter’s family. Host Ed Stetzer discusses guardrails against those stresses with Jessica Thompson, director of operations for the New City church planting network, and James Hobson, lead pastor of...
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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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Leading and Loving Difficult Team Members

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 650

Episode 650: Church leaders, at some point, will have a difficult time with a team member, which can lead to frustration, stress, anxiety or worry. Host Ed Stetzer discusses the challenges of leading difficult team members with Adam Muhtaseb of...
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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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Friendship With Team Members

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 649

Episode 649: Some people think pastors shouldn’t be friends with members of the congregation. Others think that’s a horrendous statement. Host Ed Stetzer discusses the challenges of having close friendships in church with Adam Muhtaseb of Redemption City Church in...
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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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The Downside of Professional Christianity

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 648

Episode 648: Full-time paid ministry is fraught with perils. Host Trevin Wax and Ed Welch, a Christian counselor with more than 30 years of experience, sort out the various challenges and offer valuable insight into how to meet them. In...
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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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Ministry Betrayal

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 647

Episode 647: At some point in church ministry, practically all pastors will experience betrayal or hurt from those near them. Host Trevin Wax talks with Ed Welch, a Christian counselor with more than 30 years of experience, about preparing for...
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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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3 Ways to Improve Your Preaching

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 646

Episode 646: One of the most important topics for pastors and church planters is improving their preaching. Host Clint Clifton and Noah Oldham, lead pastor of August Gate church in St. Louis and NAMB’s senior director of deployment, discuss ways...
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Preaching to Small Crowds

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 645

Episode 645: Preaching to a small crowd offers both unique opportunities and particular challenges. Host Clint Clifton discusses them with Noah Oldham, planter and pastor of August Gate Church in St. Louis. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How whether you...
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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.
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When Crisis Strikes Your Ministry

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 644

Episode 644: An explosive crisis in a church can destroy both the congregation and Christ’s reputation in the community. Clint Clifton discusses crisis communication strategy with Christian Pinkston, founder of Pinkston, a public relations firm in Washington, D.C., that often...