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.
August 6, 2006
Double Vision helped energize new church multiplication and expand the National New Church Conference. This piece traces the NNCC from its 1969 beginnings through its growth, leadership, and enduring principles.
July 9, 2006
Church planting is thrilling—but risky. Bob Williams shares field-tested lessons on balancing faith with reality, launching at the right time, learning wisely from others, and adapting through change, setbacks, and a shift to a multisite model.
March 29, 2006
By Brad Dupray For 26 years Tim Halstead served on the staff of the a cappella Spring Woodlands Church of Christ, just outside of Houston, Texas. For 15 of those years he was youth minister, and later he served in ministries of administration and outreach. This past year Tim and his wife, Melinda, felt a calling to plant New Life Church on the other end of Texas, in Odessa. New Life was planted in an unprecedented partnership of Christian church and a cappella church of Christ ministries. Why church planting? I think it was the youth minister in me that
March 26, 2006
Facing decline and a changing neighborhood, West Side Christian Church chose a bold replant that became The Pearl. This story traces the costly transition, urban ministry realities, and renewed commitment to future church planting in Denver.
February 26, 2006
Using Hurricane Katrina rebuilding as a picture, Rick Grover challenges church planters and leaders to put first things first, take the long view, and grow deep roots in spiritual health and patient ministry.
February 26, 2006
Tom Jones connects lessons from coaching Little League to the growing strength of church planting networks. Collaboration among churches and organizations can share resources, coaching, and services to launch new congregations and multiply kingdom impact.
February 26, 2006
Do we really need another church? Robert Kitchen argues yes—because lost people still need to be reached, communities keep changing, and planting new churches remains a powerful method of evangelism.
February 26, 2006
A brief notice sharing an updated PDF chart listing new congregations planted by Christian churches and churches of Christ from January 2003 through December 2005.
December 11, 2005
A first-time church planter shares how a seasoned coach provided experience, steady expectations, a listening ear, and ongoing encouragement—help that turned a demanding journey into a sustainable, hope-filled ministry path.
November 27, 2005
Even thriving church plants can swallow up the planter. Jim Tune shares hard-won principles for endurance—certainty of calling, freedom to be yourself, and boundaries that protect marriage, home, and long-term ministry.
October 30, 2005
A Long Island church planter moves from skepticism to confidence after attending a church planting assessment and connecting with the Orchard Group—discovering coaching, authenticity, and a movement that feels “priceless.”
October 30, 2005
An unusual series of events led to Bert Crabbe’s baptism and ordination as part of the Christian church movement—sparked by a church planting assessment center, local-church interviews, and shared convictions about reaching lost people.
September 11, 2005
On the fourth anniversary of 9/11, churches nationwide are receiving special offerings for ForeFront Christian Church, a new Manhattan church plant led by Brian Moll and sponsored by the Orchard Group, Inc., and Newthing Network.
August 21, 2005
Church planting momentum is building in Central and Eastern Canada through rapid growth, intentional giving, national-level collaboration, and creative multisite experiments that open new doors for gospel ministry.
August 21, 2005
Vancouver is one of North America’s most unchurched cities, yet its diversity and growth create a wide-open mission field. Leaders in Canada and the U.S. are partnering through Impact Canada to pursue new church plants and a Canadian-rooted strategy.
August 21, 2005
A snapshot of Restoration Movement churches in Western Canada, highlighting urbanization, shifting identity across streams, indigenous leadership, and renewed hopes for youth work, leadership development, and strategic church planting.
July 31, 2005
A Park Slope church plant launched a neighborhood coffeehouse to meet people where they are—then found itself in an online debate and a New York Times story that opened unexpected doors for outreach.
July 31, 2005
A Toronto-area church plant shares practical lessons for becoming intentionally multicultural—moving from accommodation to celebration and reaching the nations locally. Includes a sidebar story of Mustafa and Sheela’s journey to Christ at CMCC.
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