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.

Church Planting and Emotional Health

We need to reassesses our definition of success in church planting.

Surrendering Our Strategies for the Sake of the Kingdom

Made for More—Shift 6: From More Strategy to More Surrender

Cultivating Everyday Mission Fields

Made for More—Shift 5: From More Programs to More Mission Fields

Activating Everyday Missionaries in Your Church

Made for More—Shift 4: From More Hierarchy to More Missionaries

The Informal Economy of Church Planting

The informal (System D) economy has a lot to teach us about leading church planting movements.

Why Do You Make The Decisions You Do?

Your values influence everything about your church, and are essentially the personality of your church.

Motivating People With Love, Not Guilt

Made for More—Shift 3: From More Guilt to More Love

Learning to See Volunteers As God’s Masterpieces

Made for More—Shift 2: From More Volunteers to More Masterpieces