3 Reasons College Towns Are Ideal for Church Plants
Spiritual awakenings often happen on or near university campuses.
Church Planting
A God-Shaped Vision
Back in 2001, the leadership team at Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, launched a vision plan that laid out some lofty goals. By the end of 2010, they wanted to have people serving in all 24 time zones around the world. They strove to plant a church in every international mission board throughout … Continued
Why Plant Churches?
Planting churches is part in parcel to fulfilling the Great Commission.
The Shape of Fresh Expressions of Church
The current generation sees no need for new expressions to compete with traditional churches, but rather to see microchurches and megachurches existing in a blended ecology of fresh expressions of church.
Providing Pastoral Care in Growing Church Plants
When pastoral care must come from someone other than the pastor
Myron Pierce: Hope Multiplier
“We have to hone in on some of these disciplines that can be helpful to engage people, advance the kingdom and multiply churches.”
From Church Split to Church Plant
Healthy steps toward forming a church plant after a church split.
A Snapshot of the Coming Kingdom
America is becoming increasingly more representative of this vision as it becomes more ethnically diverse. So, how is this multiracial reality shaping the planting of new churches?
How 7 Veteran Church Planters Found Their First 50 People
Over the years, Ive had a number of church planters ask me about the launch. After all, its one thing to take over an existing church, but something altogether different to start from zero and build something newespecially in todays culture. Most of these church planters are convinced that the right marketing plan or social […] Learn how veteran church planters are successfully finding their first 50 church members.
Multiplication Beyond 2022—Looking at the Essentials
Take a walk with us back to March 2020. One by one, venues where people gathered began closing their doors: restaurants, hair salons, gyms—even churches. Now, the churches are gathering again, but things have not returned to how they used to be. Online services and meetings are still “full.” Tithes and giving are down. People … Continued
