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New Year’s resolution — plant a church!

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begin church, Church expansion, Church Growth, church outreach, church plant, church planting, new church, start church

January 18, 2016 at 11:31 am.

Perhaps you’ve heard the often-told adage that 80 percent of all new church plants fail. Not true. While there’s no comprehensive research on the total number of new churches started annually, the most recent research on literally thousands of new church starts show that 99 percent of all new churches survive the first year, and 68 percent survive to year four. Moreover, of the churches that survive, more than 70 percent are self-sufficient financially by the fifth year.

Pastor uses Internet to launch multiple churches across the country simultaneously in time for Christmas

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Church expansion, Church Growth, Church internet, church planting, church streaming, church streaming content, church streaming video, church technology, Online Church

December 7, 2015 at 12:53 pm.

With more than 3 billion people using the Internet by 2015, the trend of people relying on the Internet to connect with each other is showing no signs of slowing down — and that’s just fine with Jimmie Davidson.

Launch strong: 5 key strategies

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Church expansion, church launch, church plant, church planting, church site selection

September 16, 2015 at 11:27 am.

A record number of new churches are launching across North America. Most will initially choose to meet in a rented facility — often a school, movie theater or community center.

How to adjust to multiple services: 8 tips

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Church Growth, church planting, Church Strategy, Family Life, LEADERSHIP, missions, New Vintage Church, Personal, Preaching

December 3, 2014 at 11:33 am.

How can preachers make adjustments that better prepare them for the transition from one to multiple services? I’ve been a part of such a transition numerous times, and made the transition from two to three, and three to four. I’ve also had to make adjustments for seasons that included preaching live in multiple venues and multiple locations on Sundays. Each season required me to make adjustments — physically, personally and vocationally. While my experience is that the jump from two to three services requires the most adjusting — the jump from one to two services also requires substantial adjustments.
Here are some things I’ve found.

Award-winning multi-site staff management

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Church expansion, church management, church multi-site, church planting, Multi-site churches, multi-site management

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

Grace Fellowship Church has launched three multi-site campuses in the past five years. This process has involved two capital campaigns, vision-casting, site identification, site development and leadership training. Here, Pastor of Business Administration Bill Minchin talks about these developments.

The legalities of church planting

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church planter, church planting, mult-site, multisite, Starting a church

October 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

There are two steps every church planter must take: the faith step and the legal step.

Multisite and church planting tools

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church planting, Multisite churches

June 5, 2014 at 12:59 pm.

The world of church multiplication has changed — and continues to change at an astounding rate. These are exciting times to be involved in the growth and multiplication of the local church. While I hear and read about how the church of North America is going to “Hell in a hand basket,” I don’t subscribe […]

eBay Sunday springs forward March 9

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Church auction, Church eBay, Church fundraiser, church planting

March 6, 2014 at 11:01 am.

When churches go from PayPal to “PlanterPal” When churches go from PayPal to “PlanterPal” CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE / ST. JOSEPH, MI — What does a church on Sunday morning have to do with eBay? Hopefully plenty, says Kevin Hester, an SBC church planter at The Shore Church in St. Joseph, MI. His vision is not to see […]