Church Planting

When ‘Equipping’ Isn’t Enough

If our churches’ equipping efforts stop at ‘learn, repeat,’ essentially, we are training parrots.

10 Steps for Reaching a Gospel Saturation Tipping Point

What would it take for every person to know at least one person whose life is being changed by Jesus?

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.

How Does Church Planting Benefit the Sending Church?

Can giving away your best people be a good thing?

The 3 Phases of Church-Planting Churches

Where is your church on this progression toward being a church-planting church?

Why Church Planters Are Stewards, Not Owners

"Church-planting pastors are most dangerous to their flock when they act as owners."

Didn’t See It Coming!: Why Becoming a Multiplier Is Key to Not Losing Your Way

A multiplier is a healthy disciple-making leader who champions church reproduction.

Why College Grads and Retirees Make Great Church Planters

We tell them, “Give us two years, and we’ll change the world.”

What Is Your Personal Multiplication Capacity?

Fruit doesn’t last by focusing on self-perseveration, but by distributing itself in the soil around it, then dying to reproduce.

Planting a Sending Church

Your church is not just for your neighborhood, but for the nations.

Craft a Vision for Church Planting

In a culture awash in loneliness and isolation, the prospect of meaningful, kingdom-centered relationships centered on mission is a powerful vision.