Resources for Church Planting

Most popular of 2016: #7 Five ways to engage: The campus

The North American Mission Board is blessed by a wide array of voices that speak to …

Most popular in 2016: #8 Redefining success: Gospel conversations

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Collegiate Church Planting: Developing leaders

Have you ever had that “aha” moment? It’s that moment something suddenly becomes clear and crystalized. …

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How to navigate through dark days

The dark days we experience as pastors bring many difficulties. But maybe one of the most …

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Navigating dark days: Spiritual sickness

I’m not exactly sure how I got there. I assume there were numerous factors that caused …

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How to find freedom from regret

Regret is as deadly as worry. One confronts an unknown future, the other an unfortunate past. …

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5 Places to Find Planters

6 Steps to Develop Planters

Navigating dark days: Dark places

“The iron bolt which so mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in …

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Nine reasons we must connect our churches with cities

Even if you have no interest in urban settings and ministries, I plead with you to …

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How to get visitors to return to your church

There are so many elements that determine if guests will return to your church after a …

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What are the internal barriers to growth in a church?

There is rarely a simple explanation for the decline of a church. It is often a …

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Bivocational church planting: ReThinking It

By Brad Brisco Over the past several years there has been an increasing interest in church …

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What is bivocational church planting?

Bivocational—it’s an interesting word. In fact, our spellcheck tells us it’s not a word. Even our …

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Who are bivocational church planters?

Here’s a trustworthy saying: Whoever desires to be an overseer desires a noble task, but whoever …

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10 Sending Church Basics

10 Ways to Care for a Planter

9 Reasons to be a Sending Church

PLANT a Sending Culture

Sending Church Best Practices

Sending Church Expectations

Sending Churches take responsibility for a church plant until it is self-sustaining, self-governing and self-propagating. This …

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Bivocational church planting: Why?

Tick-tock-tick-tock. . .picture a ticking alligator and a scared, one-handed pirate. Some of you may remember …

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Six ways you can pray for your country

This has been one of the most tumultuous years in recent decades. America is riven by …

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Three reasons why every Christian should vote

We are in the midst of a presidential election that, even to this political junkie, becomes …

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Why Christians should care about politics

During the course of a presidential campaign, it is common to hear evangelicals, especially younger ones, …

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Why I Engage in the SBC: D.A. Horton

This past SBC annual meeting After the conclusion of the last session at this past SBC …

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Whitney Clayton: Why engage in the Southern Baptist Church?

Two and a half years ago, a meeting with a friend led to one of the …

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Matt Rogers: Why engage in the Southern Baptist Church?

Yesterday, my friend Jeremy Westbrook shared two compelling reasons why many pastors should partner with the …

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Why I engage in the SBC: Jeremy Westbrook

Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, also known as the heart of the Bible belt, I had …

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How to raise kids to love the church

I’ve been part of church plants ever since I can remember. My dad took over as …

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Taste and See

What is an arepa and what does it have to do with starting churches? Fabian Perea, …

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The Story of Storyline

Ben Mandrell and his family left their large church in Tennessee to plant Storyline Church in …

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Raising Kids to Love the Church: Laura Christopherson

Six months into our first pastorate, I had a real “aha” moment. I didn’t even know …

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Raising kids to love the church: Jeff Christopherson

Laura and I always invested our savings in the next church plant, so we were constantly …

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What I Wish I Knew: Part 3

Planting, and then pastoring that church in the years that follow, is an ever-shifting role that …

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What I wish I knew: Part 2

Five years after being planted, Valley Life Church has given birth to three other churches, which …

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What I wish I knew: Part 1

When I think about the things I wish I would’ve known prior to launching WALK Church …

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Qualifications for a church planter: Part 2

In part one, I indicated how Jeff Foxworthy has entertained audiences across North America by poking …

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Qualifications for a church planter: Part 1

Jeff Foxworthy is a nationally recognized comedian who combines Southern charm with a touch of soft …

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The fallacy of our spiritual gifts: Part 2

(Continued from The fallacy of our spiritual gifts: Part 1.) What is the Kingdom’s O.S.? Weakness. Just weakness. …

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The fallacy of our spiritual gifts: Part 1

Brett and Noelle are busy penciling in 200 dots in the new member’s class at church. …

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What does God require? Not success, but faithfulness

As a church, we recently finished a series through the book of Acts. It’s easy to get …

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Two ways to drive our roots deep into the gospel

I’ve recently been reading a new book by Tim Keller, Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering. …

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How to look at Christian miracles

I know a lot of people who really get tripped up by miracles in the Bible. …

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Sending well: Deploying missionaries from your church

Like most churches, we got our start in church planting slowly. We partnered with several plants …

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Sending well: Developing missionaries in your church

“Lord of the harvest, please send workers! My community is ready…I just need help! In Jesus’ …

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Sending Well: Discovering missionaries in your church

Twenty-six years ago something happened to me that I never anticipated. I found myself believing that …

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How to share the message of Christ with our neighbors

How in the world do we, as believers, carry out the Great Commission? Jesus wasn’t joking …

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How to understand your neighbor

I was born and raised in the southern part of the United States. South Carolina to …

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Demonizing your neighbor

When I was growing up, I loved watching “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.” I loved the trolley that …

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Methodology to aid a planter in understanding their context

Gaining an accurate understanding of context is critical to successfully plant a new church. Barry Whitworth …

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Knowing my Father’s heart

Several years ago, I was asked to share with a group of missionaries in Chili about …

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Knowing myself

We all have spiritual heroes. We admire these leaders God has placed in our path, even …

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Send Network Orientation

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Send Network Orientation

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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 …

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Stories from the front lines: Whitney Clayton

This week we interviewed three practitioners serving on the field as church planters. These are their …

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Kingdom: building together

When Jesus begins His earthly ministry, He picks up right where John the Baptist left off—proclaiming …

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Why church planters need long-term vision

I’m always stunned by the mess kids can make. Give them 30 minutes alone in a …

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Kingdom focused church planting

Have you ever missed something in conversation? You know, times when you’ve assumed something a person …

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Multiplication: Planting churches

The New Testament describes the church’s relationship to Jesus as a marriage. This is a helpful …

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Multiplication: Developing leaders

In his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul has a lot to say. He speaks …

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Multiplication: Making disciples

Disciple making is the foundation of church planting. If you want to lead your church to …

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Brotherhood: God’s prayer for relationships

My phone usually pings around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. The most recent one read: “Praying for …

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Brotherhood: bear burdens

Christians understand the necessity of burden-bearing relationships. We know that we are broken, sinful men and …

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Brotherhood: Giving encouragement

All ministry is hard and church planting is typically harder. Obstacles abound within the church planting …

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Myths of multiplication

After decades of methodological malpractice, we have so rationalized and contorted our understanding of Jesus’ Commission …

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Five ways to engage: the campus

1. Reach students with depth. As we engaged the campus a generation or two ago, we …

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Five ways to engage: the suburbs

In recent years, increased attention has been given to the city centers of our world. This …

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Five ways to engage: the city

1. Learn the city.Find the best sources for learning about your city. There are likely newspapers, …

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Characteristics of a replanter: Spousal perseverance

Genesis 2:18, Proverbs 18:22, Ephesians 5:22-33 It is significant that of all the creatures Almighty God …

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Characteristics of a replanter: Emotional awareness

John 10:14-15 We have already observed how a replanter is a shepherd of souls when we …

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Characteristics of a replanter: tactical patience

Proverbs 25:15, Luke 8:15, Romans 8:15 The timeline for church replanters differ from church planters and …

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Characteristics of a replanter: resourceful generalist

Luke 12:41-48 In addition to all of the previously described burdens a church replanter voluntarily carriers, …

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Characteristics of a replanter: multi-generational capacity

1 John 2:1-14, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Timothy 4:12-6:2 The Body of Christ is a diverse …

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Characteristics of a replanter: affinity for legacy & history

Hebrews 13:7 Among many other duties, a replanter is one who leads a struggling congregation into …

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Characteristics of a replanter: Capacity to suffer

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 The task of a replanter is not an easy one. A replanter is …

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Characteristics of a replanter: visionary shepherd

1 Peter 5:1-11 “Vision” has become somewhat of a buzzword in evangelical circles. Often, the word …

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Sending well: resourcing

“If you ever see a turtle on a fence post it is because someone put it …

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Sending well: coaching

Barnabas is a hero to us coach-types. His nickname meant “son of encouragement” and was inspired …

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