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Mark Chripczuk was a successful computer programmer. But then God called him to start a church in his hometown of Philadelphia. In this video and related story, see how he now works harder than he ever has and is happier than he's ever been.

Attendees of Lakeview Church in Woodbury, Minn., have yet to meet all together in one building. They’ve held no potluck dinners. No one has yet signed up for nursery duty.Yet consistently 40 people regularly listen to church planter Travis Hart’s weekly sermons.

Jeremiah Brown (@jeremiahjbrown) practices what he preaches. In the months leading up to the Easter 2013 launch of Generation Church in Noblesville, Ind., Brown urged his core group to get others involved in what God was doing in Greater Indianapolis.

Five minutes east of downtown Columbus, you’ll find one of the most influential Central Ohio suburbs. Called Bexley, it’s home to the governor’s mansion, the president of Ohio State University, a highly ranked school district and one of Central Ohio’s largest Jewish populations.

By Kevin Ezell 

Recent events like the Boston Marathon bombing, the Sandy Hook massacre and Super Storm Sandy all remind me of the remarkable power of the Church in times of crisis. And they remind me why we must continue to work to start new churches in the places where our numbers are few.

Alvin Reid, professor of evangelism and student ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, encourages Southern Baptists to participate in Crossover 2013 in Houston. Learn more at namb.net/crossover.

Raised in Bhutan during the height of ethnic conflict, Tek Dharnal was born to a Hindu mother and a father who made his name as a witch doctor in the community. When Tek was only 7, the family was violently forced to flee the nation in the middle of the night, taking only the clothes on their backs. They walked to the border of India, where they were denied refuge and eventually left on a riverbank in Nepal. Today, he is planting a Bhutanese church in Atlanta.

When Kentucky native Matt Dye began praying about God’s call on his life to plant a church, he never thought he’d be putting down the roots of his church in another Southern city.

MINNEAPOLIS – When it came time for the church plant core team for Jacob’s Well on the campus of the University of Minnesota to pick a leader, everyone in the room knew who it should be—everyone except Nate Ray (@nate_ray).

Church plant reaches out to hurting families On Easter 2013 the Mileskis launched Connection Church of Carmel in suburban Indianapolis. Built as a family-equipping church, Connection Church focuses on helping families pass on Christ-centered spiritual legacies to their children.