November 29, 2009
INTO AFRICA: Ray and Effie Giles
Ray and Effie Giles helped plant churches in Ethiopia, served through famine relief and mission leadership, and saw the Ethiopian church grow through persecution.
Articles for tag: Church Planting
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.
November 18, 2009
Meeting the Needs by Providing the Wants
Mark A. Taylor reflects on how Christian Standard and The Lookout provide biblical perspectives readers need, while announcing a contributing editor rotation involving Jim Tune and Jon Weece.
November 15, 2009
Developing the Leadership Culture
Glen Schneiders reflects on the church planter’s responsibility to develop leaders intentionally, creating a healthy leadership culture through coaching, mentoring, and long-term investment.
November 15, 2009
Keys to Cultivating Leaders
Glen Schneiders urges church leaders to develop emerging leaders carefully through wise selection, mentoring, planned learning, and meaningful opportunities to lead.
November 15, 2009
Growing Leaders in a Young Church: Infancy to Eldership
Dave Smith reflects on planting CrossWay Christian Church and explains why patient leadership development, outside accountability, and proven servant character were essential to the church’s health.
November 11, 2009
The Most Important Leadership Task
Mark A. Taylor highlights the often-hidden work of leadership: developing new leaders through coaching, training, service, modeling, and prayer.
October 25, 2009
The Wide Road Is Still the Wrong Road
David Faust, universalism, salvation, evangelism, George Barna, Unitarian Universalist Church, Restoration Movement, Cincinnati Christian University,
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 27, 2009
A Look at This Year’s NACC: Going Home
Thomas F. Jones Jr. reflects on the North American Christian Convention as a yearly homecoming where friends, ministry partners, former students, and church planting leaders reconnect.
September 13, 2009
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: The Elephant in the Room
Kent E. Fillinger compares medium-sized churches with megachurches and emerging megachurches, highlighting growth, baptisms, multisite ministry, church planting, giving, debt, and outreach trends.
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
Exponential 09: What’s the Buzz?
Dick Alexander reflects on Exponential ’09, a high-energy church planting conference that drew thousands of leaders with practical training, cross-denominational speakers, and a contagious passion for movements.
August 30, 2009
Seven Key Question for Jon Ferguson
Jon Ferguson explains why Community Christian Church pursued multisite ministry, how campuses share the BIG IDEA, and what churches should consider before launching additional locations.
August 30, 2009
The Multisite Movement: Success Stories
Churches in Colorado and Pennsylvania use multisite campuses to reach unchurched people, adapt ministry to local communities, and create new opportunities for leadership and service.
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 30, 2009
The Celebration of Congregationalism
C. Robert Wetzel reflects on congregational polity, local autonomy, parachurch organizations, and the Spirit’s work among Christian churches/churches of Christ.
August 26, 2009
Interview with Todd Wilson
Todd Wilson discusses multisite churches, leadership strain, church planting, and why the next movement may depend on churches learning to release and send disciples.
August 16, 2009
Ideally
David Faust reflects on Restoration Movement ideals and calls churches to pursue New Testament faith and practice through deeper prayer, every-member ministry, and racial reconciliation.
August 9, 2009
Loving Our Neighbors, Building Relationships in Kansas City, Missouri
Restore Community Church’s “Reachout” strategy mobilized people for neighborhood service, community partnerships, and global mission, helping the Kansas City church live out the gospel through relationships.
