Resources on Church Planter Care

The intentional life of a Christian

The Christian life is not about me living for Jesus; it’s about Jesus living His life...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pastor, you need to process your grief too

Last week was a hard week. It began with the public release of a cell phone...

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...

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By Stuart Bell Editor’s Note: This story was updated March 30, 2020, to remove certain outdated...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....

4 Objections to church planting

By Clint Clifton and Shane Critser This is an excerpt from the e-book, Deploy to Multiply....

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...

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...

Will your church be a monument — or part of a movement?

Q&A with Noah Oldham Why give to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering? God gives us the...

Why we continue to plant churches & partner with church planters

I am not a church planter. Most of you probably know that. I pastor what has...

3 practical things you need to plant a church

This is a book excerpt from Church Planting Thresholds: A Gospel-Centered Guide by Clint Clifton. Download...

The Road to Recovery

https://player.vimeo.com/video/367273172 J.D. and Andreina Fasolino Toronto is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the...

7 Tough Questions for a Church Planter’s Spiritual Inventory

Church planting leaders can easily rattle off the names of guys who, sadly, didn’t make it....

The Essential Resource for Church Planting

This is a book excerpt from Church Planting Thresholds: A Gospel-Centered Guide by Clint Clifton. Download...

Your Home as Mission

By Dhati and Angela Lewis To develop healthy disciple-making practices, we must recapture the art of...

Living Sent as a Church Planting Wife

Moving is scary. Moving to plant a church is even scarier. In Love Where You Live:...

The College Campus: A Plentiful Harvest

If Jesus were walking the earth today, what would He say about college campuses in North...

How to Pray for Church Planters

If we want to see God move in North America, we should pray He moves in...

Planting Together

https://player.vimeo.com/video/367272480 J.D. and Andreina Fasolino Toronto is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the...

3 Ways to reach university students

Do you want to reach North America and the nations with the gospel? Make disciples on...

Is There a Place for Me? Equipping Women to Thrive

By Jenni Catron “Until I saw you, I didn’t know there was a place for me...

5 Ways to Share Your Faith at Work

By Tony Dungy 1. Remember Colossians 3:23. That’s the verse that anchored me. “Whatever you do,...

Greear urges churches to ‘Fill the Tank’ on Easter

By Tess Schoonhoven NASHVILLE (BP) — J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is calling...

Who’s Annie? Fueling North American Missions

It’s all about the gospel, and at the North American Mission Board (NAMB), we are committed...

3 Ways to endure in church planting

The weather felt like someone opened the freezer of the Earth. After two weeks of laboriously...

Top 10 most read articles in 2019

How to plant your church without losing your spouse: Pay attention In the early, hectic days...

Why plant churches?

The majority of Christians I meet like the idea of church planting conceptually but would never...

Creating Unity in Diversity

https://player.vimeo.com/video/367273085 J.D. and Andreina Fasolino Toronto is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the...

3 Things Church Planters Must Do to Multiply

After becoming a Christian and planting a church with his brother at home in the Dominican...

4 Things Our Small Church Did To Multiply

By Dan Hyun Earlier this fall, we had the privilege of sending out a new church...

The Hardest Part About Being a Multiplying Church

The hardest part about being a Multiplying Church is saying goodbye—not necessarily to material comfort or...

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...

If you could do it over

When I look back on my 32 years of ministry at First Baptist Woodstock and think...

5 Marks of a Healthy Planter

Anything that’s made to sound simple, probably isn’t. Most of us have tried to put together...

E-book: Covocational Church Planting

Over the past several years there has been an increasing interest in church planting. As a...

Kevin Ezell: If I could do it over

If you are pastoring with your whole heart and really going after it each day, it...

Stories From the Front Lines: Jeremiah Semmler

Three years ago I planted CityView Church in Phoenix. I was born and raised in Phoenix...

Mistakes in church planting

In April 2016, Dan Rockwell posted a piece on his leadership blog called “The Five Biggest...

Redefining Mission as an Every Day Mission

Too often we settle for the status quo. We assume this is just the way life...

Don’t ditch your denomination

The past few years have been challenging for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Many of our...

What to do When Your Wife is Burned Out: Warning Signs

In a previous blog, “How to plant your church without losing your spouse,” I offer a most basic...

How to plant your church without losing your spouse: Pay attention

If we are discussing “How to plant your church without losing your spouse,” the most significant...

A bright future rooted in a distant path

The glum cacophony of voices bemoaning the state of the church in North America presents a...

Where have all the church planters gone?

What’s the greatest hindrance to effective church planting? You might expect to get varied answers to...

So, What Comes After Church Growth?

The regrettable shortage of multiplying churches can be explained, at least in part, by the lingering...

How Evangelistically Effective is Church Planting?

In 2002, pastor and author Tim Keller published a brief article entitled “Why Plant Churches” that has since...

Fighting to remain unoffended

In our sphere of the Send Network, several faithful families have endured great, unexpected suffering and...

5 ways to ruin a partnership

The story of every church plant also is the story of partnership. New churches get their...

You have the wrong guy

I was never consciously called into pastoral ministry. I was never consciously called into church planting....

Should we apologize for Complementarianism?

When I chose to preach through Ephesians this year, I knew there would come a time...

HEAR-U: Training teams to ask questions that invite dialogue

When we study the evangelistic methodology of Jesus, we discover that asking great questions was one...

3 things I wish every young church planter would know

I have been involved with the Church Planting Department at Bethlehem Baptist Church for the past...

Learning to cherish older men in church planting

As church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders, we must be vigilant in our pursuit of spiritual...

How to find your personal ‘sweet spot’

I played baseball in high school and college back in the wooden bat era. After that,...

Lifelong learner

YouTube videos are the best, right? Take any subject — installing roof racks on a mini-van,...

Multiplying your time as a planter: Prioritizing tasks

You cannot do everything you want to do. I forget this fact more than I would...

Three years in … what am I learning

We just celebrated our third birthday as a church! At the beginning of this call on...

This is NAMB (Spanish)

En la Junta de misiones norteamericanas tenemos como raz√≥n de ser el movilizar a los Bautistas...

Planting in the City

When Rich Perez was growing up in his New York City neighborhood, he always heard that...

Portrait of a Neighborhood

https://vimeo.com/206110222 Time Magazine calls Clarkston, Ga., “the most diverse square mile in the nation.” Here’s why....

First things first – What to do when landing in a new context

Joshua Wyatt, lead planter at Charles River Church, explains the first steps planters should take when...

Church Planting Wives — Adjustment and Transition

Church planting wives share their tips for adjusting to unfamiliar cultures, a new role, and transitioning...

For the People of Montreal

On Sunday mornings, the streets of Montreal are quiet and deserted. Some people dream of a...

Planter Spouse Care

Kathy Litton interviews three spouses to gather insights for church planters to consider as they encourage...

Multiplication Overview – Kevin Ezell

The local church is the plan for the mission of God to move forward with power....

From SIN to SAINT Louis

https://vimeo.com/247517692 Kempton Turner met Jesus in the most unexpected way in the most unexpected place. ,...

Disciple Making – John O.

https://vimeo.com/195315011 Disciple-making is the sum total of what Christ came to do. Here, John O. introduces...

At Home in Minneapolis, At Home in Africa

https://vimeo.com/247816656 Khamis is a Christian from South Sudan. He lost everything in Sudan‚Äôs civil war. Now...

How does Kingdom theology influence church planting?

Noah Oldham, planter/pastor of August Gate Church in St Louis, describes some ways that the Send...

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...

What does life on life discipleship look like in a church plant?

Joshua Wyatt, lead planter at Charles River Church, explains the dynamics of true discipleship in the...

Three ways to build the Kingdom of God in your city

Noah Oldham, planter/pastor of August Gate Church in St Louis, describes some ways that planters can...

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