New Churches Podcast

Episode 621: It’s hard to imagine a Christian today not knowing what church planting is all about, but the truth is the most-googled church planting question is “What is church planting?” A lot of folks out there don’t know anything about church planting but this episode with Rob Wilton, founding pastor of Vintage Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NAMB City Missionary for Pittsburgh, can change that. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: A simple definition of “church planting.” The two primary reasons church planting is important. The difference between church starting and church planting. How to decide if and where to plant a church. Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): Of the eight most-googled church planting questions, guess what’s No. 1? “What is church planting?” – @EdStetzer Starting new churches is important for two primary reasons. First there’s a great need. Second, because the Bible commands us to plant churches. – @EdStetzer I love J.D. Payne’s simple definition of church planting: “Evangelism that results in new churches.” – @robwiltontv I’m more a missionary who plants the gospel to see people reached by Jesus, who are trained up to become leaders of the church, then equipped to fulfill the Great Commission. – @robwiltontv Andy Stanley once said, “Don’t call me a church planter. I took a thousand people from my dad’s church and started a church.” So there is church starting. Church planting should be something more evangelistic. – @EdStetzer Most churches that are started are not planted; planting takes a certain intentionality. – @EdStetzer Vintage church came out of the harvest. My wife’s coworker came to faith in Jesus and then that movement of reaching people who were far from God, who weren’t plugged into a church, formed Vintage Church. – @robwiltontv Church planting is about getting a church started where there is a need for one. – @robwiltontv You’re looking for places where there might not be a gathering community. Or it might be because there’s an underrepresented gospel presence because of decline. Sometimes the need is because of growth. Sometimes there are churches that are not connecting with a significant segment of people. – @EdStetzer I like the word “plant” because it requires a soil of lostness in which a church plant would grow. Where are those pockets of lostness where ultimately a church plant can begin and thrive? – @EdStetzer How should I decide where to plant a church? Start by putting your “yes” on the table. Let God put it on the map. Be obedient to his call to that place and to that people. This is not some sort of manmade job career choice. This is a call of God. – @EdStetzer As you walk through the Word, there’s prayer, there’s your passions, your performance, people and places. God works through all those things. God always breaks my heart for a people. – @robwiltontv A key part of church planting is it’s not about creating a place for you to preach. It’s not about “I’m really excited about a building.” It’s a call to a people. – @EdStetzer At the end of the day this is about organizing the mission to be as effective as possible to fulfill the Great Commission. We want to go into towns and plant seeds of the gospel to see those people saved. Then we raise up leaders to mobilize for the ministry, so we plant churches that plant churches that plant churches. – @robwiltontv Helpful Resources: Please subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review on iTunes Interested in learning more? Check out our Church Planting Primer” Are you ready to enroll in our Church Planting Masterclass? The post What is Church Planting? appeared first on New Churches. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 620: It’s no secret that church planting is tough. Church planters and the pastors of the churches that send them need trustworthy guidance and we think we have a unique opportunity here to convene some of the best thought leadership across denominational and network lines to help us see lots of churches planted in North America and beyond. We are excited to announce the relaunch of NewChurches.com, now powered by Send Network. Send Network is behind NewChurches.com and we are excited to provide free resources from church planting experts across the evangelical landscape who offer new insights and best practices on how to plant and multiply churches. As churches produce disciples, it’s natural for those disciples to multiply themselves but it’s also natural for new churches to form where there are new disciples being made. Another way of saying it… Churches make disciples and disciples make churches. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The website will provide free resources from church planting experts across the evangelical landscape who offer new insights and best practices on how to plant and multiply churches. This podcast will continue to offer trustworthy guidance from some of the best thought leadership—across denominational and network lines—for the kingdom cause of multiplying church plants in North America and beyond. We are extremely excited about Church Planting Masterclass. Church leaders like Matt Chandler, Heather Thompson Day, David Platt, Trillia Newbell, J.D. Greear, and DA Horton and more give brief “TED talk”-like instruction covering everything an aspiring church planter needs to know. Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): “NewChurches.com will share free resources for church planters who want to plant churches that are sharing the good news of the gospel and making a difference for Jesus” – @edstetzer “NewChurches.com wants church planters to be remarkably fruitful, not caught up in learning things others already have learned, so they can focus on being simply faithful.” – @edstetzer “Send Network wants to see healthy, multiplying churches in every community across North America … new churches everywhere for everyone.” – @dhati “I want to be the last generation that has to leave the urban context to find discipleship.” – @dhati “NewChurches.com is here to come alongside and resource pastors and planters to see church multiplication happen.” – @TrevinWax “We want to mobilize church planters, resource them well, be in constant communication with people on the front lines of church planting and deliver the supplies to other front-line ministers.” – @TrevinWax “We are broadening the table at the New Churches podcast, hearing from men and women from different cultures, contexts and backgrounds. We want church planters to be challenged and broadened.” – @edstetzer “This will be a ‘FUBU’ – for us, by us – podcast for church planters struggling with the same issues others have struggled with.” – @dhati Helpful Resources: Please subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review on iTunes Visit newchurches.com and enroll in Church Planting Masterclass here. The post Introducing the New NewChurches.com appeared first on New Churches. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.