Many church planters are choosing to plant covocationally, merging their sacred and secular professions. Discover the …
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Overcoming the Greatest Covocational Challenge
Many church planters are choosing to plant covocationally, merging their sacred and secular professions. Discover the …
Entrepreneurial Church Planting
Many church planters are choosing to plant covocationally, merging their sacred and secular professions. Discover the …
Many church planters are choosing to plant covocationally, merging their sacred and secular professions. Discover the …
Pillar Church of Crestview embraces military community
Military servicemembers face the brokenness of the world in a way few others do, says Noah …
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California Church Plant Witnesses Stories of Redemption in a Military Community
A year and a half into church planting, Daniel Carter was ready to quit. The members …
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Marine-turned-church planter seizes gospel opportunities in military communities
When Scott and Katie Groves stumbled upon a Facebook advertisement for Pillar Church of Jacksonville, North …
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VETERANS DAY: Send Network mobilizing church planting in military communities
SAN ANTONIO – While serving in the U.S. Army for 6 years, Jared Huntley developed a …
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Military Church Plants Spread the Gospel Globally
Many military communities don’t have churches proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. That’s why a …
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Send Network unveils new values, leadership team, Spanish website
LEER EN ESPAÑOL ALPHARETTA, Ga. — At a national meeting of more than 275 field staff …
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Send Network’s Spanish-language residencies dive deep into the needs of Hispanic communities
Leer en Español PUERTO RICO—Mormon country. Crime-ridden neighborhoods blocks from the White House. The Great Plains …
How Jesus built His Church (and why it matters for planters)
Three ways Jesus built (and is building) His Church and why it matters for church planters today.
Pastor, what is it like being married to you?
What is it like to be married to you? Is it like being married to a celebrity? Or is it like being married to a servant?
Following God’s path from the Middle East to Ohio
Amer and Vicky Safadi follow God's calling from the Middle East to Cinncinnati.
Reaching 40 countries in one place
Brianna McKinney says for many people Denver is a lonely place. For community, they might go …
The importance of rest in church planting
I wanted to reach people. I wanted to grow the church. I wanted to make an impact. But I didn't recognize what I was doing.
Church planting, community and fútbol
In the area where they live — the Niagara region of Canada — 89-90% of the population of 400,000 doesn’t believe in God.
Sending Churches: Finding your next church planter
Developing leaders is rarely easy (or fast). It takes time — sometimes years — to discover …
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Church planting in the inner city
Michael and Traci Byrd moved out of a rough inner city neighborhood of St. Louis, swearing they’d never go back. But God had other plans.
Rebrand Valentine’s Day this year
Rebrand Valentine’s Day by majoring on the gospel story.
3 Ways to love your spouse well on the church planting journey
What’s at stake if we plant a successful church, but fail in our marriage?
5 Reasons good preaching is necessary to have a healthy church plant
Five reasons every church plant needs good preaching to be healthy.
Every good church leader has this quality
There’s one characteristic in a church leader that’s invaluable to the church but isn’t easily quantified.
Managing your Time as a Covocational Church Planter
Covocational planters are juggling a lot. Here are a few simple ways to help you manage your time well.
Poverty and Our Misguided (Good) Intentions
January is poverty awareness month. Here are 4 thoughts on this complicated topic.
3 Reasons to plant a church bivocationally
There is a place for both bivocational planting and fully-funded approaches, but there are three significant benefits to planting as a bivocationally.
Bearing burdens in a Pacific paradise
California church cares for a family facing a life-threatening pregnancy and a recommended abortion.
Church Planting vs. Pastoring: What’s the Difference?
There comes a time in the life of every new church when you shift from church planter to church pastor.
NAMB Hosts 139 Church Planters for First In-Person Send Network Orientation in Over Two Years
For the first time in more than two years, newly minted church planters gathered in-person for Send Network’s Orientation.
Holistic Restoration: Homeless Men Saved and Enter Recovery
This is a story about two men who found themselves at the end of their rope, desperate for something more in life.
Leading a church plant is very different than leading an established church. Here are five simple ways to lead your church plant well.
God Can Use Anyone to Plant a Church
Ben Harris couldn’t fathom God would use him for much — let alone to plant a church.
A Professor’s Legacy of Mentoring Church Planters
Steve Lee stood at the front of his Contemporary Evangelism class at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary …
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Boston Church Plants Seven Churches in Eight Years
No healthy 36-year-old expects their heart to call it quits — particularly at the genesis of …
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4 Ways to Build Sisterhood Among Planting Spouses
What do church planting wives need to thrive? In Research Findings on Church Planting Spouses, when …
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10 Practical Tips for Living on Mission in Your Community
Living missionally in your community requires intentionality, a willing heart and dependency on the Holy Spirit. …
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From Megachurch to Church Planting
Daryl Jones left a megachurch in Texas to plant The Rock Fellowship in Miami, Florida. In …
Clint Clifton has made a digital version of his book Church Planting Thresholds available for free for …
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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The intentional life of a Christian
The Christian life is not about me living for Jesus; it’s about Jesus living His life …
Residencies: A path to church planting
The next generation of church planters and church planting teams are sitting in your congregation. They’re …
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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A church planting couple’s COVID-19 date night guide
While we would all like to be as innovative and intentional in our marriage as we …
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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. …