Never Alone: How to Avoid Isolation in Church Planting
Church planting can be a lonely work. It’s amazing that a venture in which people are...
Resources for Brotherhood
What are five ways to cultivate brotherhood in the city?
Joshua Wyatt, planter/pastor of Charles River Church in Boston, MA, describes some simple ways to cultivate...
Why Is the Send Network Orientation Important?
Jason Griffin, church planter in Phoenix, Ariz., answers why church planters should attend the Send Network...
What are the foundations of brotherhood in Ministry and Discipleship?
Joshua Wyatt, lead planter at Charles River Church, explains the pillars of brotherhood in ministry and...
How do you cultivate brotherhood in the first year of planting?
Joshua Wyatt, planter/pastor of Charles River Church in Boston, Mass., describes some simple ways for church...
Five simple ways to cultivate brotherhood
Tanner Turley, planter/pastor of Redemption Hill Church in Boston, Mass., describes some simple ways to cultivate...
Why is it important for church planters to gather together?
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Brotherhood success stories: Rayden Hollis
I have been blessed with an amazing brotherhood of church planters in St. Louis. We are...
Brotherhood success stories: Ryan Rice
I never wanted to move back to New Orleans. It was truly a supernatural move of...
Brotherhood success stories: How brotherhood is accomplished
A significant part of the brotherhood I have experienced was an inherited grace. I take no...
Barriers of Brotherhood: Differences & Disagreements
At times it feels like the only guarantees in life are death, taxes, and disagreements between...
Barriers of Brotherhood: Busyness & Priorities
Both planters and re-planters who are burdened to serve Jesus can find themselves extremely busy —...
Barriers of Brotherhood: Envy & Insecurity
Two jumps in a week Bet you think that’s pretty clever Don’t you, boy? Flying along...
Developing brotherhood in your city: Why and how it’s successful
Ninja strike teams When I was a kid, we used to jump all over the playground...
Developing brotherhood in your city: Why you need it
Not Karate All over the world, people are being trained in the martial arts. That said,...
The difference between church relationships and friendships
My husband and I have been in full-time vocational ministry since the day we were married....
Music matters: Why we worship corporately through song
In college, I led a small Bible study for freshmen. My primary aim was to study...
Why membership is a tool for multiplication
Recently, my wife and I were driving back home, and decided to check out the country...
Why friendship is important as a church planter
I read a recent survey about friendship that was disheartening, but not terribly surprising. Since the...
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Stories from the frontlines: Dustin Nimmo
This week we interviewed three practitioners serving on the field as church planters. These are their...
Stories from the front lines: Whitney Clayton
This week we interviewed three practitioners serving on the field as church planters. These are their...
When Jesus begins His earthly ministry, He picks up right where John the Baptist left off—proclaiming...
Brotherhood: God’s prayer for relationships
My phone usually pings around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. The most recent one read: “Praying for...
Christians understand the necessity of burden-bearing relationships. We know that we are broken, sinful men and...
Brotherhood: Giving encouragement
All ministry is hard and church planting is typically harder. Obstacles abound within the church planting...
The Planter’s Wife in Community: Challenges
Odds are, when your wife joined you on the journey of church planting, she left her...
The Planter’s Wife in Community: Intentionality and Cultivation
Community requires intentionality and cultivation Think of something that happens quickly. A roller coaster ride. A...
The Planter’s Wife in Community: Openness and Vulnerability
For the first eight years of our ministry at an established church, I didn’t have a...
The Planter’s Wife in Community
She Needs Community “Lonely and isolated” are words that many ministry leaders, male and female, use...
The Planter in Community: Defer Leadership
A few years back I attended a missions conference and struck up a conversation with a...
The Planter in Community: No Masks Allowed
I was in the middle of small group when I got the barrage of text messages....
The Pastor in Community: You Need It
I remember sitting at a conference for a particular church planting network. We had reached the...
Qualities of a senior pastor: Boss or friend?
One question that rarely gets asked in church leadership is whether the senior pastor, as the...
Principle of team building: Don’t be a lone ranger
Danger Ahead: 3 Ways Coaching Helps Navigate the Fog As a church planter, I’ve often felt like...
Community and Mission: A Divine Meeting
My wife and I have a rugged wooden farm table. It’s not impressive—there are scratches, stains...
Is your church a discipling church?
During this blog post series, I am trying to help you assess your church by providing...
Is Your Church a Fellowshipping Church?
During this blog post series, I am trying to help you assess your church by providing...
Hospitality is NOT about entertaining. What have you historically thought about when you hear the word...