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.
Resources for Planter Stories
A Professor’s Legacy of Mentoring Church Planters
Steve Lee stood at the front of his Contemporary Evangelism class at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary...
Houseless Man Transformed by the Gospel
At first glance, no one would suspect Jeffery, a man without a home, was born to...
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...
One Year Saved. One Year Sober.
By Arthur Gonçalves A year ago, I met an addict with no hope. He was struggling...
Three years in … what am I learning
We just celebrated our third birthday as a church! At the beginning of this call on...
Ordinary People — Cleveland, Ohio
https://vimeo.com/247847348 Gabby, Katie and Allison are ordinary, everyday believers, but they are stepping out in faith...
Because of your prayers and faithful giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, North American missionary...
Some practical tips and how-to’s for promoting the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in your church. This...
When Rich Perez was growing up in his New York City neighborhood, he always heard that...
https://vimeo.com/247517692 Kempton Turner met Jesus in the most unexpected way in the most unexpected place. ,...
At Home in Minneapolis, At Home in Africa
https://vimeo.com/247816656 Khamis is a Christian from South Sudan. He lost everything in Sudan’s civil war. Now...
Bivocational Church Planting | Dr. Marino Martinez-Vargas
“I see myself as a self-funded missionary.” Between serving his church as pastor and aiding patients...
Chicago: Portrait of a Neighborhood
When most people in Chicago look at Garfield Park, they see drugs, crime and violence. When...
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...
Stories from Sending Churches: Michael O’Neal
In March and April 2017, we interviewed three practitioners serving on the field as church planters,...
Stories From Sending Churches: Brian Bloye
In March and April 2017, we interviewed three pastors serving in Sending Churches. These are their...
5 Lessons I learned from Adrian Rogers
No one has influenced and impacted my life like the “prince of preachers,” the man known...
Voices that shape us: The Importance of mentors
One of the most influential theologians in my life is a musician. Songwriter Michael Card’s exegetically evocative and...
“When I see someone baptized, I see myself,” says Martin Haghani. Martin planted Iranian Baptist Church...
I Don’t Know How to Start a Church
Through an unexpected turn of events, God called Paul Sasis to start a church in California....
I Don’t Know How to Start a Church
Through an unexpected turn of events, God called Paul Sasis to start a church in California....
Week of Prayer: Resonate over riches
The past seems almost foreign to church planter Jacob Dahl. Like many college students, Jacob went...
Week of Prayer: From death to life
After feeling what Kelly and Brandi Perrish desciribe as a “holy discontent,” they moved their family...
Week of Prayer: First year church plant gives back
After more than 30 years in ministry, Pastor Garth Leno stepped down from his role at...
Most popular of 2016: #5 Preacher notes: Danny Akin
The North American Mission Board is blessed by a wide array of voices that speak to...
Ben Mandrell and his family left their large church in Tennessee to plant Storyline Church in...
Planting, and then pastoring that church in the years that follow, is an ever-shifting role that...
Five years after being planted, Valley Life Church has given birth to three other churches, which...
When I think about the things I wish I would’ve known prior to launching WALK Church...
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...
I know different planters and pastors have different strategies for the ministry of the Word–topical or...
When we first started City Church, we had one weekly worship gathering. I would have a...
Stories of Doubt: Kent Bateman
Stories of doubt from an apprentices’ perspective Send Network: Tell us about the church you are...
Send Network: Tell us about your church plant and when you all started meeting. Andy Hall:Redemption...
Stories of Doubt – Jeff Phillips
At the immense risk of sounding negative, this reality is true when it comes to church...
https://vimeo.com/140101933 86% of the people in Morgan County, Utah belong to the Church of Jesus Christ...
https://vimeo.com/139248295 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the only church Derek Collings and...
Serving as a church planting apprentice
I had just left seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and was en route to join a...
NAMB’s Farm System: Serving as a Church Planting Intern
My journey of life on mission began my sophomore year of collge. As a 19-year-old student,...
When Clay Holcomb moved to Portland, Oregon to start a church, he knew he’d probably be...
In a city where the mountains are king, some people say Jesus is ignorable. But in...