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.

To Revitalize or to Replant?

Should some churches seeking revitalization think about replanting instead?

3 Major Advantages of Bivocational Church Planting

What was once done out of necessity now has become a first option for church planters. What are the benefits?

11 Tips for Cross-Cultural Church Planting

Church planting can be a very effective method of cross-cultural ministry when done right. Here are some things to keep in mind.

8 Qualities of Successful Church Planters

These things will get your church plant off on the right foot.

When Is the Right Time to Plant a Church?

The answer might surprise you.

Infusing Evangelism Into the DNA of New Churches

Evangelism doesn't just happen naturally in church plants. Here are ways to make it an essential part of the church's culture.

Where It All Begins — Shifts to Make Before Church Growth

The church grows up into maturity as each part is working properly, building itself up in love.

Are We Following the God of What Works?

5 barriers to conversion-based church planting