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.

4 Questions to Ask Before Planting a Church

How do you know if your church planting goals are godly or suspect? Try answering these four questions.

5 Critical Lessons in Church Multiplication

Bent on seeing churches multiply, Reach Northeast President Jeff Leake shares five insights for planters and parent churches.

Are You Planting a Multiplying Church?

Exponential co-founders Todd Wilson and Dave Ferguson offer nine best practices to adapt and model.

4 Essentials for Church Planters

"The New Testament church was a participatory sport, and this generation doesn't want to be spectators."

Church Planting Is on the Rise

National study from LifeWay and NewChurches.com provides a comprehensive report on church planting in the U.S.

Pray Before You Plant!

"When the church is considered a house of prayer, the blind find sight in it, and those limping through life are restored."

3 Challenges for Every Church Planter

No matter your skill level or former experience, be prepared to face these challenges head-on.

Church Planting Is a Declaration of War on the Enemy

Alan Briggs: "It’s Jesus’ church. It doesn’t depend on you, so be faithful, and be you."