Church planting is not just about best practices and tips and tricks. Church planting is about partnering with the Holy Spirit as Jesus builds his church. What are the spiritual dynamics that help people grow as planters and followers of Christ. Join us as we dive into the dynamics of prayer, fasting, and dependency on God in the process of church planting.

Human trafficking can affect as many as 40.3 million people globally. The problem is that most often those who are trafficked are hidden in plain sight. Victims are often hidden behind our assumptions. In other words, human trafficking is the exploitation of vulnerabilities for commercial gain. Exploiters are looking for those who are marginalized and stigmatized. They are looking for the people who won't be noticed by society at large.

For this reason, human trafficking can happen anywhere because there are vulnerable people everywhere. But what would happen if the local church began to take notice of those who are most at risk of exploitation in their communities. Having served in Christian ministry since 2001, Raleigh Sadler believes that the local church is God's answer to those most vulnerable. Currently, he is the founder and executive director of Let My People Go. His passion is to see the local church fight global injustices, like human trafficking, by loving those whom traffickers most often target.

Learn more by visiting https://www.lmpgnetwork.org

Steve Pike once again shares some amazing insights from his 30 plus years of church planting and network leading experience. Today Steve talks about how the predominate model that was used to plant the 20th century church won't work to plant the 21st century church. While we still need 20th century style church planting models there are some major mental shifts we need to make in order to plant in the 21st Century well. This is part 2 of our two part discussion on the 12 mental shifts we need to make to plant a 21st Century church.

Steve Pike once again shares some amazing insights from his 30 plus years of church planting and network leading experience. Today Steve talks about how the predominate model that was used to plant the 20th century church won't work to plant the 21st century church. While we still need 20th century style church planting models there are some major mental shifts we need to make in order to plant in the 21st Century well. This is part 1 of two part discussion on the 12 mental shifts we need to make to plant a 21st Century church.

Steve Pike is the founder of CMN and the Urban Islands project. He is the author of "Leading Church Multiplication." with Tom Nebel, and has over 30 years of church planting experience. Our conversation was so full of content that we had to split this into 2 parts.

In Part 2 of our conversation with Steve we dive into the last 4 Habits of Highly Effective Church Planters. These first 4 habits are what Steve calls the quantity producing habits. Wether you are thinking about planting or leading a network, these are important habits to keep in mind.

Steve Pike is the founder of CMN and the Urban Islands project. He is the author of "Leading Church Multiplication." with Tom Nebel, and has over 30 years of church planting experience. Our conversation was so full of content that we had to split this into 2 parts.

In Part 1 of our conversation with Steve we dive into the first 4 Habits of Highly Effective Church Planters. These first 4 habits are what Steve calls the Quality control habits. Wether you are thinking about planting or leading a network, these are important habits to keep in mind.

Connect with Steve - https://urbanislandsproject.org/

There is another generation coming into their own, but are we ready as a church to reach out? In this conversation we talk with Andy Abramson about all things Gen Z. How can we reach out to Gen Z? What does it look like to plant a church on a college campus? How can existing churches engage the next generation. Andy shares some amazing insights from years of experience founding and working with Elementum, a ministry dedicated to reaching and deploying the next generation into God's kingdom calling.

To find out more about Elementum or to connect with Andy visit https://weareelementum.org/whoweare/

This was originally our 3rd episode! It was fun to hear from Hugh Halter and learn from him what Missional Community is all about. To follow what Hugh is doing now, you can go to hughhalter.com
Hugh & Cheryl began starting things from scratch in Portland, Oregon. Hugh started a painting company, then a Youth For Christ ministry in metro Portland, then a church, and eventually a national leadership training network called Missio. Missio’s growth propelled them to Denver where Hugh pioneered another church, an online training platform for missionary leaders called MCAP, a publishing company, and a successful series of eight books. Cheryl also began a hockey program for children with disabilities.

https://www.hughhalter.com/

It is easy to think the challenges you face in church planting are unique to you. The reality is, the challenges you face in church planting are more common than you realize!

In this episode we talk to Dylan Dodson. He is the founding pastor of New City Church in Raleigh, NC and the host of the Practical Church Planting Podcast, a podcast that gives you practical insights and tools for church planting.

To find out more about Dylan you can go to...
https://newcityrdu.com
https://dylandodson.com/
https://practicalplanting.com

This is a special episode recorded during our first Facebook live training for the Life of a Church Planter Facebook group. In this training Ross walks through how you can market your church bigger outreach seasons like Christmas or Easter. He lays out a great strategy to use online. This special release episode is filled with some great wisdom you can apply immediately in any church plant.