Church Planting

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.”

Don’t Overcomplicate Evangelism

The unbelievers who show up at church are there because someone invited them outside the walls of the church.

How to Build a Church-Planting Culture at Your Church

Here are the keys to planting churches in healthy ways.

5 Things for Church Planters to Remember

Essential encouragements as you start new churches

Next-Level Church Planting

Every generation shapes the church for the generation to come, but today we may be at a particularly malleable hinge point.

Go and Be

Pastor Gary Moritz and his wife Jana say they fell into church revitalization by default.  City United Church in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, thrived in its heyday...

How Do You Determine If Your Church Plant Is Successful?

What are the benchmarks for a new church plant?

6 Mistakes I Made as a Young Church Planter

Sometimes our failures help us—and others—to grow.

6 Benefits of Raising Kids in a Cross-Cultural Context

Making sacrifices as a family for mission is costly, but Christ is worth it.