It’s one thing to give someone a responsibility at your church, and another to equip them to do it.
Hear how Kevin Campbell and the other pastors at Elevate Church in San Diego use a unique volunteer system to raise up a “dream team” of servants.

37: How to Delegate Without Dumping w/ Kevin Campbell

Plant Better is a podcast dedicated to helping church planters launch and lead Gospel-centered and life-giving churches. James and Kenny interview church planters about specific topics directly related to church planting. From fundraising and preaching to productivity hacks and volunteer recruitment, Plant Better covers it all. Whether you're planting on your own or you're a part of a church planting network (like Acts 29, ARC, Calvary Chapel, or Sovereign Grace), you'll get fresh perspective and incredible wisdom from the guests featured on this show.

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For most pastors, growth is more steady than explosive, and your preaching is good, but not podcastable. But even if you don’t have those things, your ministry can still have a lot of life if you will lean into developing leaders. 
Your leadership development plan should roll off your brain as clearly as your next sermon series. 
In this episode Hunter Beaumont, Lead Pastor of Fellowship Denver, shares his thoughts on why leadership development should be right up with church planters’ other top priorities.

45: Developing Leaders Throughout the Church w/ Hunter Beaumont

Most upper/middle-class Americans are living their lives to avoid having to interact with poor people who don’t speak their language. 
Christians too are apathetic, and even when they try to take the parable of the Good Samaritan seriously, they often go about things in ways that aren’t helpful. 
In this episode, author Mike McKinley talks about his newest book, Church in Hard Places, and why the church needs to do more than ladle soup. 
Other books by Mike McKinley: 
Church Planting Is for Wimps 
Am I Really a Christian?

44: Why Addressing the Needs of the Poor Is Not Enough w/ Mike McKinley

Austin Stone has some unique leadership structures in
place.
They emphasize plurality of
leadership, having both a Lead Pastor and a Pastor of Preaching.
Kevin Peck is that lead pastor and our guest today.
Listen in as Kevin discusses how
The Austin Stone is relentlessly focused on making disciples, and
how everything they choose to do in the church trickles down from
that.

43: How to Plant a Church Instead of a Service

There’s a world of opportunity to build a brand on various social media—why shouldn’t churches take advantage?
Listen in as Joe Peña from Relentless Church in Las Vegas shares the success his church has found in a single year by taking advantage of community hashtags, Facebook ad tools, Periscope, and more.

42: A Brief Guide to Social Media for Church Planters w/ Joe Peña

The gospel is everything: saving, sanctifying, and carrying our entire ministries. It’s non-negotiable, really, when it comes to church planting priorities.
But how to make sure it’s at the center of your church?
That’s the topic of discussion today with Brad Andrews, Pastor of Preaching and Vision at Mercyview in Tulsa.

37: How to Delegate Without Dumping w/ Kevin Campbell

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