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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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Quick to Listen?

Dan Steel

My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. — James 1:19 In a world saturated with social media that’s way too often characterized by being slow to listen,...
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9 Essentials for Church Planters

J.A. Medders

Every sport has metrics for what makes an ideal athlete. Speed, wingspan, IQ, mechanics, and so forth contribute to an athlete’s effectiveness. These metrics also serve as areas for growth in an athlete’s journey. Everyone needs development. No one expects...
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Starting, Staying, and Surviving Church Planting

So you want to be a church planter. Here are 4 takeaways for discerning your calling as gleaned from one of the greatest church planters in history, the Apostle Paul.
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Discovering Future Leaders

Matt Rogers

"Future leaders do not simply appear; they are discovered." Here are the 4 traits to look for for in the future leaders of your church.
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4 Ways to Find Your Place as a Church Planter

We're all called to play a part in planting new churches. But how? Here's what you need to know as you pursue this call to live on mission.
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What to Expect in a Church Planting Assessment

Chad Childress

So, you want to be a church planter... Now what? Here are three things that church planting networks are looking for in their next lead planter and how you can be ready to take your next steps in faith.
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Kingdom Partnerships

How Established Churches Support Church Planting

Matthew Z. Capps

New churches are needed in unchurched areas. Get your church involved through church planting partnerships! This free eBook will: Overview the importance of the local church Examine church planting in the New Testament Help you cast vision to get your...
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3 Church Planter-Friendly Jobs You’ll Thrive In

You can't exactly clock in and out of your work as a church planter. If your role in ministry entails bivocational pastoring, then this occupational guide for planters may be for you.
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5 Steps for a Successful Succession

Jason Zellmer

How do you leave your role well as a church planter? Here are five steps to implement in a healthy succession plan as you consider how God may lead you into new kingdom efforts for His glory.
Should I be a church planter?
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Should I Be a Church Planter?

Chris Dowd

You may be wondering about the role that church planting plays in your life. Here's how you can add clarity to your calling to multiply disciples to the ends of the earth.
Work as Worship: Covocational Planting and Vocation
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Work as Worship: Covocational Planting and Vocation

Brad Brisco

If God is sovereign over all things, then our work in the marketplace is an act of worship, too. Here's how we can see His divine hand at work, even in the midst of the mundane.
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Rethink Multiplication 

Brad Brisco

If our goal is rapid church multiplication, we must strive toward a movement that, as the saying goes, “breeds like rabbits.” Here are four characteristics of multiplying churches with movement cultures.
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Rethink

12 Missiological Principles for Church Multiplication

Brad Brisco

To plant disciple-making, missional churches, we must change how we think about God’s mission and the church. Rethink: 12 Missiological Principles for Church Multiplication by Brad Brisco explores how to: Rethink the Missionary Nature of God Rethink the Missionary Nature...
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Work Matters! Covocational Planting & Vocation

Brad Brisco

When we leave the house on Monday morning to “go to work,” we must remember that we do not somehow leave God behind.
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FAQ: How to Start a Residency

Clint Clifton

What is a residency? A residency is a plan for turning members into missional leaders. Pastors are given a clear job description in Ephesians 4:11-13: “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip...
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How To Start a Residency

Turning Members into Missional Leaders

Clint Clifton

How do you equip church members to become missional leaders? How to Start a Residency by Clint Clifton explores 9 questions to help you begin a residency at your church. What is a residency? Why should every pastor start a...
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Your Church Needs More Than You

Gabe Martin

Your church needs more than you. Making this a bedrock conviction of your church-planting strategy will enable you to plant a church pleasing to God and edifying for His people.
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Defeating Doubts as Church Planters

We all battle doubt. Where do we turn for renewed confidence? Here are three doubt-defeating convictions.