Church Planting

5 Innovative Ministries Shaping the Future Church

The following ministry snapshots are just a few of the examples of innovative ministries that are working well. Whether you’re a pastor, church leader or an everyday disciple looking to reach your neighborhood, we hope their stories will inspire you to innovate in your own ways.

What I Learned in the Painful Parts of Church Planting

God has worked in me more than he has through me. His love works within us like an explorer—or, in a way, a church planter—always seeking the places that have not yet met his healing love.

The Church Inside: A Look at Prison Ministry in America

This prison ministry movement equips prisoners as leaders and plants church campuses inside U.S. prisons to spread hope, discipleship, and gospel transformation.

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, I’ve had a number of church planters ask me about the launch. After all, it’s one thing to take over an...

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...

Øystein Gjerme: Why It Matters That We Are God’s Masterpiece

Our identity is not primarily in our work, but in the God who calls us.

Why Brutal Feedback From a Friend Is Good … Even When It Hurts

Criticism can be one of the most precious gifts you can receive from those who are in a position to give it.

Living as Children of Light

How does our adoption into God's family change the way we think about our mission?

How Is the Holy Spirit Connected to Church Growth?

There is a beautiful interaction between the empowering of the Holy Spirit and our role in church growth.

How Church Plants Have Drifted From an Evangelistic Focus

Is church planting still the most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven?