Top 6 Stories and Resources in 2022

The results are in! Here is the official roundup of 2022’s most popular Send Network stories and resources.

This year, you loved reading stories of how God is working through Send Network, and we loved providing resources that helped you continue His kingdom work.

Top 3 Send Network Stories

From introducing new leaders, values and a Spanish website, to setting two record-breaking attendances at Orientation, it has been an action-packed year at Send Network. Take a look through these articles to make sure you didn’t miss any top headlines.

  1. Send Network unveils new values, leadership team, Spanish website

At a national meeting of more than 275 field staff at the North American Mission Board’s headquarters Thursday, Oct. 6, Send Network President Vance Pitman unveiled a slate of new leaders, a Spanish-language website and all-new values guiding North America’s largest church planting network.

Send Network’s new values, leaders and Spanish website


  1. Matt Carter of Houston’s Sagemont Church named mobilization VP of Send Network

Matt Carter, former planter of The Austin Stone church and pastor of Sagemont Church, joined the Send Network team as vice president of mobilization to help churches and missionaries deploy more church planters across North America.

Matt Carter joins Send Network


  1. Send Network sets record attendance at church planter Orientation

One hundred sixty-five new church planters attended Send Network’s Orientation March 7-9 at the North American Mission Board’s headquarters, setting a record that was broken once again in October.

Send Network’s March Orientation


Your Favorite New Churches Resources

This past year, Send Network launched NewChurches.com, a website that equips church planters and sending churches with online courses, articles, podcasts and ebooks. Here are the resources you loved the most.

  1. Church Planting Masterclass

This masterclass brings together pastors, planters and leading contributors from across Send Network to train all things church planting – biblical rationale, team building, family calling, community impact and more.

Check out the course


  1. Developing a Core Team

This course equips church-planting and new campus pastors to identify, recruit and train a core team that will turn around and develop others. Lay a scalable foundation and position your church plant or campus for many fruitful years of ministry through this course.

Discover your team


  1. 10 ‘Must See’ Prospectus Examples

A church planting prospectus is like a business plan for a new church and has become an expectation in the current church-planting landscape. In this popular article, Clint Clifton shares the best prospectus samples and highlights what makes each of them exceptional.

Learn more about prospectus writing


Published December 12, 2022

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