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Video-Driven, Multisite Church Planting in Rural North America
RURAL CHURCH, SMALL TOWN, MULTISITE Bringing big church opportunities to small communities | ANDY ADDIS...
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Empower Gen Z for Church Planting
Church planting on college campuses by college students is a growing phenomenon. Youth and young adults...
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Why We Need a Missiological Edge in Church Planting
North American church planting has grown up a lot since I first planted in 1988 as a 20-year-old who...
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Convening Thought Leaders: The Evangelism Leaders Fellowship
One of my roles as Managing Director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism is leading the center’s...
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Multiplication and Church Planting Systems
Whether it’s called multiplying, parenting, sending, sponsoring, or partnering–churches that plant churches...
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RURAL THEOLOGY, Biblical Case for Rural Church Planting & Ministry
A Brief Examination of Scripture from a Rural Perspective by Jeff Clark   In attempting to examine...
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I’m a Rural Pastor! What Now?
Do not make any changes in the first year. | BRIAN WECHSLER I’ll never forget the sunny day that Carole...
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Who Are the Missiologists Influencing Your Church Planting Network?
As much as you focus on recruiting and developing church planters, your organization also needs to develop...
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Rural Stories: Books to Challenge, Inspire, and Encourage the Small Town Pastor
Donnie Griggs, J.D. Vance, and Winn Collier | CHARLIE COTHERMAN If church history has shown us anything,...
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In the Game: Reflections on Sports, Momentum, and the First Rural Matters Conference
Jesus, Rural Ministry, and Football | CHARLIE COTHERMAN This past September, I had the chance to attend...
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2015 Study: New churches draw those who previously didn’t attend
By Lisa Cannon Green originally posted at LifeWay Research. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – America is launching new...
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Best Practice Research to be Released at Exponential 2018
The Send Institute is currently conducting an extensive survey of North American church planting networks...
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