Resources in this category support a church planter's walk with God.
J.D. Greear
God’s people have the ability to ask Him for big things. But most Christians, including church planters, fail to pray big prayers. Praying Bold Prayers by J.D. Greear examines: Why We Don’t Pray The First Church’s Devotion to Prayer Church...
Chris Dowd
I am still learning a lot every day in my church-planting journey. I have gleaned a lot of wisdom from great leaders, church planters and friends who have poured into me. Here are five things I would tell myself as a new church planter.
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.
Gabe Martin
You’ve sensed the Lord’s calling to plant a church but you’ve got a while before you’re sent out. What should you be doing in the meantime? Here are five things future church planters should be doing right now
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.
Noeman Diaz, planter and pastor of Iglesia Vida in La Mesa, California, is one of the few unmarried church planters in the Send Network. Our Clint Clifton sat down with him to discuss the unique benefits and challenges of planting as a single man.
Clint Clifton & Colby Garman
Putting the intangibles of culture into words isn’t very easy. We offer our church's values document with the hope you find it helpful as you work to build Jesus’ church and lead His sheep.
A veteran of 20 years in strategic communications, Christian Pinkston offers a big-picture overview of several key factors in church crisis communications.
Bob Burton
As you look to resource your residency, three key components ought to be included to produce health.
Trevin Wax
Familiarity is the enemy of wonder. Church planters face a danger common to anyone heavily involved in ministry: We get familiar with holy things. Perhaps overly familiar.
My service in vocational ministry, particularly in church planting, has complicated my daily walk with Christ. The deeper into professional Christianity I got, the more I felt sinfully entitled in four ways.
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.
Among the myriad of ministries to which Charles Spurgeon was committed, one of the most impactful was his commitment to establishing new churches. Let me share with you three of his ethical considerations that church planters 140 years later still would do well to incorporate into their ministry.
Tom Bennardo
The truth about church planting never resembles the architect's renderings and the slick “plant with us” pamphlets. The realities can leave you confused and disillusioned. Here are five truths that might keep you keep you sane and in the game.
Most pastors who successfully lead their churches to multiply likely will share these 10 characteristics.
Mike Cosper
Five crucial takeaways pastors and church leaders should glean from the podcast, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill”
Kenneth Jones
Throughout my time as a church planter, I’ve reflected on how the difficulties faced in planting a church are, in many ways, harder than anything I faced in prison.
Adam Muhtaseb & Nate Crew
Ray Ortlund says every healthy church has gospel doctrine, but it also must have a gospel culture – “the shared experience of grace for the undeserving.”
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