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.

5 Ways to Avoid Church Planting Frustration

"Those who go into church planting without understanding the necessary commitment level almost always fail."

6 Mistakes I Made as a Church Planter

"After a few years of fruitful growth, we became comfortably stable, and my heart grew uncomfortably cold."

The Parable of the Church Planter

"The church planted with good dirt hears God’s calling with a noble heart, keeps the mission in focus and bears much fruit."

5 Things That Are More Important Than Talent

"Your talents aren’t enough to do what God has asked of you. If they were, then you wouldn’t need God."

J.D. Greear: Church Planting and the Call to Send

“We need people to go, but we also need people to stay for the specific purpose of raising up others to send.”

10 Deadly Church Planting Mistakes

"These church planting mistakes are common, and are often major contributing factors to a plant failing within three years."

Church Planting: 4 Reasons to Launch Large

"Launching large is one of the most effective strategies to fulfill the Great Commission."

5 Future Trends in Church Planting

Ed Stetzer: "With culture changing at the speed of light, planters cannot be over-aware of the trends new churches will face."