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How to be part of gospel restoration in your community
LEER EN ESPAÑOL When you walk outside your home, what do you see? As you pass …
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How to love those you lead when they’re suffering
What do you do and say the moment someone else’s worst nightmare is realized? Our firstborn, …
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Theological Foundations for Church Planting
So much has changed in the past year. These days, masking in public and avoiding other …
5 Practical ways to make visitors feel welcome
As a preacher’s daughter, I’d never visited a church in my life (well, maybe on vacation …
The 5 most read church planting articles in 2020
The do’s and don’ts of starting a church By Dhati Lewis, Vice President of Send Network …
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7 Family friendly ways to share Christ and Christmas spirit this holiday season
The holiday season is a perfect time to get to know or continue to build relationships …
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How to discover needs in your community
Every area has needs—places of brokenness that God has called us, as the Church, to help …
8 Things to remember when engaging next gen on mental health
According to a recent Barna study, half of 18-year-olds in the U.S. report feeling anxiety and …
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Mojic Baldandorj moved his family 6,070 miles away from home. That’s 6,070 miles away from friends, …
5 Reasons why I’m Southern Baptist
Editor’s Note: This an article from On Mission Magazine. Five reasons why I went from isolation …
Planting wives, resist isolation
Jen Wilkin states that women are “essential and indispensable to the mission of the church.” Her …
Boston church pays $3.2 million of neighbors’ medical debts
LISTEN HERE>> This article is an adaptation of the Stories of Hope podcast episode, Your Debt …
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No Retirement: An Interview with Pastor and Planter Francisco Aular
“But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my …
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The freedom of fundraising for your church plant
Most church planters, missionaries and pastors understand the value of money and the critical role it plays in fulfilling God’s calling in their lives. Yet, they often treat fundraising as little more than a necessary evil before they can move on to the work that is seemingly more important.
How sending churches can help their church plant financially
Sending Churches commit to take responsibility for a church plant until it can stand on its …
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10 Ways to celebrate your pastors during Pastor Appreciation Month
This has been a hard year for everyone, and pastors have carried an especially heavy burden. …
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The cheesy cliché we need to fulfill the Great Commission
I find an odd joy in cheesy clichés. Without cheesy clichés, how would we know what …
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3 Regular rhythms of an intentional missionary
It’s been said that every planter’s goal ought to be to go to heaven and take …
New baptisms during pandemic: An interview with church planter Carlos Pulgarín
Editor’s note: Pulgarín is a Send Network church planter with Send Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. …
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5 free church planting e-books
1.ReThink: 9 Paradigm Shifts for Activating the Church By Brad Brisco Every organization, including the church, …
Finding leaders in a world full of busy people
Let’s be honest; people are busier today than ever before. For many of us, our congregations …
5 Questions to consider before you plant a church
I have watched church plants and church planting families fold too soon. We need to pay …
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Where to find potential church planters
Where do church planters come from? Are they ready-made leaders who show up at your church …
Systems of discipleship in church planting
LEER EN ESPAÑOL Discipleship and evangelism are two sides of the same coin. It’s the intersection …
3 ways for church planters to endure
Hebrews 12:1-3 serves as my daily manifesto: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a …
Helping members leave your church plant well
Before I planted a church, I didn’t believe it when my pastor shared the unavoidable truth …
Serve wholeheartedly in all you do
I have lived and worked in several cities in Canada and the U.S., but I have …
California pastor turns sanctuary into hotel for wildfire evacuees
The displaced father and his six children played the board game Battleship in the sanctuary next …
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10 Behavior changes dying churches must make to thrive
How does a dying church move from near-death to being thriving and missional? The dying church …
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The intentional life of a Christian
The Christian life is not about me living for Jesus; it’s about Jesus living His life …
Church planting in Brooklyn: An Interview with Church Planting Wife Melinda Pacheco
Q: What do you know now that you wished you had known earlier in your planting …
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Why you need a leadership pipeline in your church
Editor’s Note: Whether you desire to develop missional leaders in your congregation, grow as a leader, …
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11 Reminders you likely need at this point in the pandemic
When will this end? Most of us have been sheltering in place and social distancing for …
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Residencies: A path to church planting
The next generation of church planters and church planting teams are sitting in your congregation. They’re …
The advantage of small budgets in church planting
In our new home — a small town in northeast Ohio — we quickly realized the …
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My wife and I cried a lot that week because of the way we’d been treated. …
5 Things to know about depression in ministry
By Tony Rose Depression is spoken about often but seldom understood. I recently read a statement …
Church revitalization: Ordinary people on an extraordinary mission
Few Jews in the first century expected “the anointed One” to come as a suffering servant. …
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2 Key practices for emotionally healthy church planters
It all seemed to be coming out of nowhere. I still remember the shock and confusion …
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Facing stress as a pastor and helping others do the same
By Tony Rose In proper amounts, stress is necessary for life. Undue stress, however, can undo …
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5 ways to generate vision and passion for church planting
My wife and I are church planters in Windsor, Ontario, Canada — directly across the river …
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Church planting as spiritual fathering
“For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I …
You don’t have to be a pastor to be part of church planting
By Ryan Paterson Each of us had been involved in ministry for a number of years …
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Spreading good news through an ice truck
God has no problem changing our plans. Like many churches, Redemption Road Church in Phoenix, Arizona, …
Phoenix church rediscovers the power of gratitude
“Thank you.” When you’ve had weeks of long hours and sleepless nights, these two simple words …
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3 Essential leadership qualities amid hurt and turmoil
By Dhati Lewis The foreseeable future of church planting seems uncertain. We don’t know or have …
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3 Myths we believe about our grief
By Dhati Lewis The past few weeks have been brutal. Our communities across the nation are …
Portland church serves as port-a-potty pitstop for homeless people
“Wash your hands” is the emphatic message we’ve all heard since the infamous COVID-19 virus forced …
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Fighting Fatigue During COVID-19
By Chris Lewis Most of us remember what we were doing on 9/11 or when Operation …
Pastor, you need to process your grief too
Last week was a hard week. It began with the public release of a cell phone …
Church planting in the middle of a pandemic
At first glance, it looks like Satan won this time. Mission trips are canceled, churches are …
How church planting wives — whom I’ve never met — changed my view of the pandemic
By Merry Emily Downing I didn’t expect 645 phone calls with strangers to change me as …
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Church planter serves unemployed refugees during pandemic
“Who am I?” The question is an ever-present hum in the mind of many refugees who …
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8 Practical things to consider before you reopen your church
As social distancing and shelter in place orders loosen, churches are beginning to plan for the …
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New Jersey church planters partner to share food and Christ
Hunger takes on different forms — emotional, spiritual, physical — each bringing its own ache. The …
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When your husband needs emotional support
By Kathy Litton The well-worn word that marks many sentences during the COVID-19 crisis is “unprecedented.” …
Florida Send Network churches aid healthcare community
You see masks are everywhere these days, but medical-grade masks — the kind healthcare professionals need …
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The blessing and burden of COVID-19
The scene looks post-apocalyptic. The streets that were once bloated with people are now bare. Empty …
Coaching and the Planting Spouse
For most planting spouses, it makes perfect sense for her husband to work with a coach. …
Exhortations for pastors during the toughest days
By Jonathan Parnell There are circumstances in life that ask more of us than usual. There …
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What has COVID-19 exposed about the Church in North America?
When we’re faced with trials, our dependence is exposed. As many of our Sunday worship services …
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5 Challenges for church planting wives during COVID-19
For church planting families, challenges come with the territory. We are familiar with doing more with …
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10 ways to make the most of Easter this year
Easter is arguably the most celebrated day of the year for Christians. Churches are usually packed …
Sunday Gatherings Are Gone – Now What?
By Dhati Lewis If you’re a church leader right now, I’m guessing you were never given …
The church planter’s manual for engaging your neighbor
By Matt Hess They found a lot of polite ways to say “no” to us over …
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Loving our community in dark times
By Dale Huntington This is a historical time for all of us. The last time our …
Mark Clifton’s Coronavirus thoughts for small to mid-size churches
By Mark Clifton These are hard, unpredictable times. Many of us have been caught off guard …
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What should we do for our home worship gatherings?
The new coronavirus has forced us all into a new normal. Many of us find ourselves …
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7 Things to consider for your home worship gatherings
There is nothing that can stop the Church. In a season where large gatherings are limited, …
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Responding in love during the coronavirus pandemic
By Min Lee I’m accustomed to making changes slowly. I’m Korean American, and I helped replant …
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6 Tips on livestreaming your Sunday service
In a season where large group gatherings are scarce, God is kind to give us a …
5 Questions to consider before you plant a church
By Garth Leno I have watched church plants and church planting families fold too soon. We …
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Pastoring Amid Coronavirus in Seattle
By Stuart Bell Editor’s Note: This story was updated March 30, 2020, to remove certain outdated …
Maintaining an ongoing relationship with supporters
It is sometimes said, perhaps only somewhat jokingly, that church planters are after one thing: money. …
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4 Objections to church planting
By Clint Clifton and Shane Critser This is an excerpt from the e-book, Deploy to Multiply. …
3 actions young church planters must embrace
It had been about a year since our church launched a young church planter to Central …
Vision 2025: A call to reach every person for Jesus Christ
NASHVILLE (BP) — Vision 2025 is not simply a slogan or rallying cry. It’s a path …
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9 reasons to become a Sending Church
Why would a church want to be a Sending Church? Taking responsibility for a new church …
You should be thinking about 2050: North American Church Planting Capacity for the Next Generation
In mid-2018, Send Institute convened a gathering of thought leaders and heads of some of North …