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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.
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.
Clint Clifton
Most pastors who successfully lead their churches to multiply likely will share these 10 characteristics.
Ed Stetzer
The goal of church planting is to see new people come to faith in Jesus Christ. Thus, a core team built from the harvest of lost men and women is an ideal foundation for the mission the plant is pursuing...
Deborah Yearwood
The call to the church planting life is both gloriously rewarding and terrifyingly difficult. Trials will come, but God is a promise keeper. When the next storm rages in your life, let this article remind you of the Lord’s grace, goodness and faithfulness.
Ed Welch
How can we love people more than we want to be loved by them?" The marriage relationship offers us insight.
Annie B. Garman
Are you approaching this new year with optimism, cynicism or a little of both? It can be easy at New Year’s to get discouraged by our weakness, our lack of performance the previous year, our lack of spiritual discipline, our...
How can we love people more than we want to be loved by them? At its heart, this is an issue of worship.
Jeff Mingee
How do I avoid my team becoming dysfunctional? If it is dysfunctional, what do I do?
Noah Clifton
Today, I had someone introduce me like this “This is Noah. His dad started the church.” I get introduced this way very often, as do many kids when their parent’s plant and pastor a church. The reaction of the child can...
Chris Dowd
We face an interesting time in our history: Both the supply of churches and the demand for them seems to be decreasing. Never has there been a greater need for more churches than right now. Considering this context, let me...
Tim Keller
The continual planting of new congregations is the most crucial strategy for (1) the numerical growth of the body of Christ in a city and (2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of existing churches. The normal responses to discussions...
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