Resources in this category support a church planter's walk with God.
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.”
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...
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