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.

‘Casino Church’ Reaches the Unchurched in Las Vegas

Liberate Church's unusual venue is allowing it to reach people who might not otherwise set foot in church.

7 Business Principles That Lead to a Flourishing Church

"My background was business, so I took those principles that I knew and applied them to building the new church."

5 Terrible Reasons to Go Into Ministry

"Vocational ministry is a calling, not just another vocation. If you enter ministry for the wrong reasons, you will not make it."

‘Creative Partnerships Flourish’—Send City: Chicago

“People don’t feel territorial here. We have a big and tough mission field and we understand we all need each other."

One Church, ‘Hundreds of Different Tribes’—New Life Community Church

“It’s not a branded approach. Each of the locations uniquely reflects each neighborhood.”

‘Perseverance Works’—Chicago Partnership for Church Planting

"With dozens of churches in the partnership, we’re able to put together strong teams that go out equipped, supported and united.”

4 Reasons Small Churches Are Essential to the Kingdom

"God used small churches to launch Christendom throughout the entire world and is still using them today.”

Church Planting With the Apostle Paul

"Paul blazed the trail. He broke new ground. The book of Acts is a blueprint for every church pioneer who follows."