December 2, 2010
Immeasurably More
Bryan and Missy Meyers planned to plant in Nevada, but God redirected them to Utah, where The Journey launched through prayer, cooperation, and church-planting partnerships.
Church Planting
Church Planting equips leaders and teams to start new congregations and multiply disciple-making communities. Explore biblically grounded resources on calling and vision, team building, evangelism, leadership development, worship gatherings, discipleship systems, and healthy launch strategies. You’ll also find guidance for fundraising, partnering with sending churches, contextualizing ministry, and sustaining spiritual health through the pressures of planting. Whether you’re discerning a call, preparing to launch, or strengthening an existing plant, these articles offer practical wisdom for planting churches that make disciples and serve their communities in Jesus’ name.
December 1, 2010
Interview with Kyle Costello
Kyle Costello discusses leaving Mormonism, discovering grace in Christ, and planting Missio Dei Community in Salt Lake City to love, serve, and engage the city.
November 13, 2010
My Journey to Journey
Darin Brown reflects on how dissatisfaction, renewed vision, and humble next steps helped transform a struggling church plant into a new season of outreach and growth.
October 28, 2010
New Spanish-Speaking Church Launched
Central Christian Church in Wichita, Kansas, launched Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Luz, a new Spanish-speaking congregation led by Edwin Ojedis.
October 16, 2010
A Day for Church Planting
Churches marked 10-10-10 with invitations, offerings, and new church plants, as the Exponential Conference’s 10-10-10 Initiative and Stadia encouraged prayer, support, and action.
September 11, 2010
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: A Church Planting Hick from French Lick
Darrel Land planted the Christian Church of Jasper with little support, trusting God’s call to reach a rural Indiana community through preaching, worship, outreach, and patient growth.
September 1, 2010
10-10-10 Initiative Focuses Attention on Church Planting
The 10-10-10 Initiative encourages churches, networks, and individuals to pray, support, and launch new church plants on October 10, 2010.
August 11, 2010
Interview with Bart Stone
Bart Stone reflects on launching Momentum Christian Church in a Georgia warehouse, building a serving culture, navigating growth, and preparing the congregation for its next risk.
Enrolling Our Kids in the Jesus Mission
Janet McMahon shares how responsibility, relationship, repetition, and results helped her children process a family move to Kansas City for the planting of Restore Community Church.
December 6, 2009
Lessons from the Fishin” Hole
Marcus Bigelow reflects on feeling out of place in a small-town restaurant and urges churches to help outsiders feel at home while planting congregations that fit their communities.
November 18, 2009
Interview with Greg Nettle
Greg Nettle explains how Kingdom Synergy Partnerships brings healthy churches, Christian universities, and church planting organizations together to plant new churches and reach people across Ohio.
October 7, 2009
Interview with Matt King
Matt King shares how grief, anger, and church hurt gave way to Christ’s forgiveness, leading him from business sales into church planting and pastoral ministry.
September 6, 2009
Why Plant Churches?
Tom Jones reflects on his home church’s lifelong influence and explains why church planting is central to the church’s mission of evangelism, compassion, transformation, and sending.
September 6, 2009
Salt Lake City Church Planting
Douglas J. Crozier shares how leaders came together to pursue church planting on the Wasatch Front, with a vision for new multiplying churches in Salt Lake City and beyond.
August 30, 2009
The Multisite Movement: Unexpected Complications
Community Christian Church paused plans for a second site near Baltimore after leaders recognized warning signs and chose humility over forcing a multisite launch.
August 9, 2009
Serving, Reaching, and Transforming in Cleveland, Ohio
Church Planting Through Service in Cleveland Church planting through service helped Velocity Christian Church in Cleveland build trust before launch by serving its community with no strings attached. Scott Pugh describes how needs assessment, partnerships, and consistent acts of kindness helped the new church plant show people Jesus before telling them about Jesus. Velocity Christian Church emphasized community service before holding its first worship service. Service helped the church build trust, form relationships, and understand local needs. Pugh argues that new churches must show people Jesus before telling them about Jesus. by Scott Pugh I grew up thinking church was
October 12, 2008
Double-Espresso Church Planting in New Orleans
Rick Grover reflects on how Hurricane Katrina reshaped Journey Christian Church’s ministry in New Orleans and helped spark new church plants across the Gulf Coast.
October 12, 2008
Helping People Find Their Way Back to God in Kansas City
Troy McMahon reflects on leaving engineering for ministry, planting Restore Community Church in Kansas City, and living a life shaped by risk, calling, partnership, and no regrets.
October 12, 2008
An Invitation to God’s Drama in New York City
Jared Witt reflects on ImagineNYC, church planting in Manhattan, and the invitation for New Yorkers to enter God’s unfolding drama of renewal through worship, community, and mission.
October 8, 2008
Interview with Jim Penhollow
Jim Penhollow discusses church planting momentum, people resources, East 91st Street Christian Church’s multiplication efforts, and the need to focus on underchurched regions.
