Resources in this category support a church planter's walk with God.
Will Browning
Pastors today have less time to do the one thing we have been commanded to never neglect: the ministry of the Word. Here are six ways a sermon preparation team can help you solve that problem.
Jason Tipton
If we are going to engage our cities with the gospel, we must keep three things in mind.
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...
Brad Brisco
A covocational church planter has no other option than to plant with a team. But how do you foster team dynamics to plant a healthy church that is effectively engaging its context?
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...
Recruiting and retaining volunteers can be a challenge. These seven tips will help you increase your volunteer force and keep those already serving engaged and committed.
Brian White
God kindly allows us the privilege of helping new believers step forward in discipleship. Serve them well by helping them understand their new identity in Christ and take active steps of response.
Mark Vance
There is no script for leading a church through trauma, but these five principles have held true throughout our season of crisis leadership.
Jon Kelly
Many people have a hard time reading or cannot read at all. If we are to fulfill the Great Commission, we must know how to disciple people who struggle to read. These four tips may help you.
Dave Harvey
We need to hear about marriage and church planting because a planter’s ministry is only as strong as his marriage – and solid marriages provide the groundwork for the leader’s fruitfulness and longevity in ministry.
Ricky Wilson
New Year's is a great time to launch or relaunch your church plant's small group ministry. It will give your people deeper community, deeper connection and a healthier church – that plants other healthy churches!
Thomas Winborn
Every church planter must learn who to entrust with leadership and who to avoid. Here are eight traits of people to trust and seven of those to avoid.
Noah Oldham
Throw passionate leaders together in the high-pressure context of doing ministry in hard places and you’re sure to see sparks fly as iron sharpens iron.
Annie B. Garman
Most church plants run primarily on volunteers. I’d like to propose five things you can do to help volunteers avoid burnout.
Matt Rogers
The task of leadership deployment is a vital catalyst in reaching the harvest set before the Church. Deep Bench by Matt Rogers examines how to Discover Future Leaders Develop Future Leaders Deploy Leaders
God uses all sorts of means to equip those He calls to plant a church. I’m thankful for seminary education. I’m also thankful for the lessons I couldn’t learn in a classroom.
Ronnie Parrott
Training your core team is very important to the connectivity of your new church plant. Twelve weeks allows you to cover major topics imperative to church and discipleship without giving too much information in one setting. This plan allows the...
When I set out on the journey to plant a church, God gave me one sentence: “The key to unlocking the Great Commission is contained in each disciple.”
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