Resources in this category support a church planter's walk with God.
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...
Ricky Wilson
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.”
Bobby Jamieson
Pastor want to raise up other pastors. It's one of the best ways to advance the Great Commission. Here are five ways to pour into aspiring pastors.
Christine Hoover
There's no set job description for being a church planter’s wife. Your goal is intentionally cultivating authentic, relational connection in every sphere of your life.
Eliza Huie
The blurry lines of ministry and home life present significant challenges for ministry kids. Here are several ways both parents and church can build up their emotional wellbeing.
Jenique Saunders
When pastors make forgiveness a personal value essential to church culture, they have a unique opportunity to usher in new ways of engaging with people after wrongdoing.
Dave Comeau
As a church planter, embrace setbacks and disappointments as the hand of a wise Father at work. You will not regret the time spent growing in these four graces.
Jared Huntley
Church planting is a team sport; you need team members gifted in ways you are not. Healthy churches are established by teams gifted in diverse ways.
Christine Hoover, Elicia Horton, Jennifer Huntley, Kathy Litton & Lindsey Carlson
A tree puts down roots and bears fruit. The process of growth and life becomes observable to those around it. Five Markers of Healthy Planting Wives explores five keys for church planting wives to live and flourish: Spiritual Formation Authentically...
Clint Clifton
Clint Clifton says aspiring church planters are always asking him, “What’s the most important church planting advice you can give me?” Here are the 10 pieces of advice he gives most often.
Eric Trout
As pastor of a young church plant, I have a strong conviction to train up preachers. At Restoration Church, we have a simple process to train preachers in a three- to four-month lab format.
Mike Godfrey
We all need mentors and trustworthy brothers and sisters in Christ willing to give us honest feedback. When the feedback is brutal, remind yourself they are saying hard things to you for your success, not your failure.
Will Klotz
Would your family be a fruitful addition to your core team or send you toward a Jerry Springer-style family meltdown? Will Klotz offers some pros and cons, along with a few pieces of practical wisdom he picked up as a planter himself.
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