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 Shifts, Part 3: Preparing Our People for Witness

"If we are to succeed in this new, more secular space, we need to do more than simply acknowledge this shift."

Church Planting Shifts, Part 2: From Nominal to Secular

"Our approach needs to change for there to be significant traction in planting movements within a largely secular society."

Church Planting Shifts, Part 1: The Launch

"Church planters tend to think that their individual and local church planting model is the norm globally. But that’s not the case."

How a Vision for Multiplication Changes You and Your Church

“A clear vision gives us a filter through which we can run every idea, opportunity and decision.”

4 Obstacles to Church Multiplication

“If we really are intent on bringing the world to Jesus, whatever model we choose must be infinitely reproducible.”

3 Church Planting Trends That Need to Die

"We must aim to plant churches for the glory of God and the good of the community, not to meet our own needs."

Why Throwing Great Parties Is Essential to Evangelism

“When asked about the one true key to bringing people far from God near, I simply say, ‘Start throwing great parties.’”

15 Common Church-Construction Mistakes

"The best intentions of decision-makers and church leaders may not help them avoid the pitfalls of a new church-building project."