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June 17, 2021Episode 603: New Metrics for Church Planting During COVID
In Episode 603 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel shares a panel from a CPLF gathering on new metrics for church planting during COVID-19.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
How to think about launch day metrics
If 2020 changed the way we think about discipleship in the church
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“COVID-19 has changed the scorecard for churches that are being planted.”
“We have to be willing to look at unconventional venues, erratic patterns of meeting, and, on a realistic level, launches and launch teams are going to be smaller than what we might have looked at before.”
“We are in a season right now where we are trying to wrap our heads around what it means to be a church attender.”
“Giving is still a metric we are keeping a close eye on. Giving patterns speak to their commitment to the church.”
“We want to create an environment where I can simply disciple our core team and that core team can help disciple the rest of our team.”
“Engaging your community has become a high priority.”
“We are encouraging church planters to take some of the pressure off of themselves.”
Recommended Resources:
Learn more about CPLF
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This Episode’s Sponsor:
Downline Ministries’ mission is to encourage a restoration of biblical discipleship in and through the local church by equipping men and women to know God’s Word and make disciples.

The primary way we partner with churches is through the Downline Institute, a 9 month biblical discipleship training program that walks students through the Bible (Genesis-Revelation), biblical manhood/womanhood, and key discipleship lessons. Listeners can receive $100 off tuition cost by using the code LIFEWAY when you apply at www.downlineministries.com.

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June 14, 2021Episode 602: Remote Work
In Episode 602 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss what remote work may look like in your context.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
What was learned from COVID remote work that can be effective in the future
Tools and processes that can make hybrid work and work from home successful
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“This time has exposed people or work that can’t be done from home.” – @toddadkins
“There’s plenty of ministry that we can’t do just from anywhere.” – @toddadkins
“Hopefully by now, you have probably grown in self-awareness to realize I can or cannot work from home.” – @danielsangi
“As you build back better when it comes to remote work, you need to recognize to do one model for every single person on your team is not going to work.” – @danielsangi
“What did we learn from this and how can we effectively put this into policies that are intentional in getting work done?” – @toddadkins
“You need proximity to build community, there is only so much you can do offline.” – @toddadkins
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 600: Trends vs. Fads & The Great Sort
Help us Multiply the Mission:
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If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
This Episode’s Sponsor:
Downline Ministries’ mission is to encourage a restoration of biblical discipleship in and through the local church by equipping men and women to know God’s Word and make disciples.
The primary way we partner with churches is through the Downline Institute, a 9 month biblical discipleship training program that walks students through the Bible (Genesis-Revelation), biblical manhood/womanhood, and key discipleship lessons. Listeners can receive $100 off tuition cost by using the code LIFEWAY when you apply at www.downlineministries.com.
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June 10, 2021Episode 601: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 3
In Episode 601 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed explore new, creative, and imaginative ways church plants are renting or leveraging the physical space.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
Who will consider sharing space
Thoughts on multiple churches co-owning a space
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“Even when there is not a gospel commonality, there has also been some collaborative shared worship space.” – @edstetzer
“Businesses are very concerned about liability.” – @edstetzer
“One of the space questions will be: How are you able to re-emerge in rented space?” – @edstetzer
“You will find sometimes that a Jewish synagogue is more likely to rent to you than a mainline protestant congregation partly because there is a tension that is greater sometimes between mainline protestants and evangelicals.” – @edstetzer
“We see buildings in utilitarian ways rather than sacred or holy ways.” – @edstetzer
“Someone has to be responsible for the cleaning and insurance, so there isn’t really a model where two organizations own the same space.” – @edstetzer
“Let’s find more creative ways to do more creative things.” – @edstetzer
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 597: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 1
Listen to Episode 599: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 2
Learn more about CPLF
Help us Multiply the Mission:
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When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
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June 07, 2021Episode 600: Trends vs. Fads & The Great Sort
In Episode 600 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel, Ed, and Todd discuss how to tell the difference in trends and fads in regards to church multiplication and how churches will return as we move past COVID restrictions.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
How trends and fads are different
Who is coming back and who isn’t after COVID
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“The biggest trend right now inside religious faith and practice in North America is the move to large non-denominational contemporary churches.” – @edstetzer
“I don’t think Christians and missiologists should be chasing fads.” – @edstetzer
“I want missionary church planters to try things that may be different so that we might see what kind of impact they might have.” – @edstetzer
“You don’t know if it is going to be a trend or not until you look at the longview.” – @danielsangi
“You don’t need to become a cultural sociological expert. What you do need to be an expert at is hearing the voice of God.” – @danielsangi
“There are factors that create house church multiplication movements around the world that are not here in English-speaking western culture.” – @edstetzer
“You can get clarity on where you are and then go after people who have left. How are you strategically going to do that?” – @toddadkins
“There are several groups of people we need to think about engaging or they may never come back.” – @toddadkins
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June 03, 2021Episode 599: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 2
In Episode 599 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed explore new, creative, and imaginative ways church plants approach evangelism.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
What types of evangelism are currently most effective
How Fall 2021 looks for evangelism
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“Fall 2021 is going to be a great season of harvest.” – @edstetzer
“The gospel will be communicated in different ways, but always with words, and some of those have been online.” – @edstetzer
“The most effective form of evangelism in 2019 was people moving to groups.” – @edstetzer
“More people are saying lets have a conversation with people about spiritual questions.” – @edstetzer
“Two things have suffered: large group evangelism and bringing unchurched friends to church.” – @edstetzer
“There are a lot of things we are doing to create a culture where our congregation is taking the ownership to share the gospel.” – @danielsangi
“Unchurched people are probably more likely to be online than in person right now.” – @edstetzer
“As people re-emerge, the gospel being proclaimed as people check out church again is a good and important thing.” – @edstetzer
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 597: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 1
Help us Multiply the Mission:
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Leave a rating and review on iTunes
Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
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May 31, 2021Episode 598: Video Preaching or Live Preaching?
In Episode 598 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss the choice between video preaching and live preaching.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
The teaching strategy Daniel is installing at his church
Ways to communicate more regularly if you are not the lead teaching pastor
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“If you are on the main feed that everybody is seeing, you need to bring it.” – @toddadkins
“We just want to see people be equipped for the work of ministry and to have cultures where development is the M.O.” – @danielsangi
“When it comes to the teaching side, if you try to look for an A+ communicator plus a great campus pastor, it might be a unicorn.” – @danielsangi
“If you want to grow as a communicator, you need to find the reps.” – @danielsangi
“You are not going to be a great communicator if you only preach once or twice a year.” – @danielsangi
“There are a ton of opportunities you can find to communicate – how are you prepping for the time you teach your volunteers and leaders?” – @danielsangi
“Part of developing as a communicator is doing it lots and getting feedback as you are doing it.” – @danielsangi
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 588: The Relationship Between a Lead Pastor and a Campus Pastor
Listen to Episode 590: The Relationship Between a Campus Pastor and the Central Location Staff
Listen to Episode 592: What Ministry Planning Looks Like
Listen to Episode 594: Leading People You Don’t Like
Listen to Episode 596: Changing Direct Reports
Help us Multiply the Mission:
Please subscribe
Leave a rating and review on iTunes
Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
This Episode’s Sponsor:
No matter how many people you have on staff at your church, there’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? Your church exists to serve your community, so the mission of your church and its staff is to reach as many people as you can.

So BELAY, the innovative staffing solution with over 10 years of experience serving churches with virtual assistants, bookkeepers and social media strategists, is offering a free download of their resource, ‘Church Leaders: Essential Strategies to Unleash Productivity.’

Let BELAY help your church live its mission in your community by helping you juggle less and accomplish more. Visit belaysolutions.com/lifeway for your free download.
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May 27, 2021Episode 597: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 1
In Episode 597 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed explore new, creative, and imaginative ways to handle issues surrounding church planting.
“What are some new, creative, and imaginative ways denominations and networks are planting churches?”
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
Different ways church planters are creating churches in 2021
If a stronger focus on disciple making and micro church approaches will be the new norm
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“Many networks tend to have a looser ecclesiology, they are get it done people.” – @edstetzer
“We are making a list of the ways churches are combining facilities.” – @edstetzer
“Our number one big opportunity was online.” – @edstetzer
“The idea of packing a bunch of people in an exciting room for a worship service didn’t resonate with a lot of people in 2020 and early 2021, so I think that helped push people toward more missional approaches.” – @edstetzer
“Launch large, up until COVID, had been increasing. And then when COVID hit, all these churches had to pivot.” – @danielsangi
“Many churches during the pandemic launched online.” – @danielsangi
“People revert to the norm. The most likely predictor of future behavior is past behavior.” – @edstetzer
“Other cultural issues would have in my view longer term, bigger impacts on missiological strategy assuming the pandemic is a two year experience.” – @edstetzer
Help us Multiply the Mission:
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Leave a rating and review on iTunes
Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
This Episode’s Sponsor:
No matter how many people you have on staff at your church, there’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? Your church exists to serve your community, so the mission of your church and its staff is to reach as many people as you can.

So BELAY, the innovative staffing solution with over 10 years of experience serving churches with virtual assistants, bookkeepers and social media strategists, is offering a free download of their resource, ‘Church Leaders: Essential Strategies to Unleash Productivity.’

Let BELAY help your church live its mission in your community by helping you juggle less and accomplish more. Visit belaysolutions.com/lifeway for your free download.
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May 24, 2021Episode 596: Changing Direct Reports
In Episode 596 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss the nuance and the skill of changing your direct reports.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
How to tell someone their direct report is changing
Why it is helpful to prepare for the change for several months before making it official
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“In a multisite setting, there are going to be multiple times where you are going to be supervising an individual who used to be supervised by someone else.” – @danielsangi
“Changing your direct reports is something that is going to happen, but this is different than onboarding a new employee.” – @danielsangi
“You are going to get to the point where the lead pastor cannot supervise everyone on staff anymore.” – @danielsangi
“Help them understand how this is better, first of all, for the church and, second of all, for them.” – @toddadkins
“Set things up so that it is easy, obvious, and strategic for everybody that we make this move.” – @toddadkins
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 588: The Relationship Between a Lead Pastor and a Campus Pastor
Listen to Episode 590: The Relationship Between a Campus Pastor and the Central Location Staff
Listen to Episode 592: What Ministry Planning Looks Like
Listen to Episode 594: Leading People You Don’t Like
Help us Multiply the Mission:
Please subscribe
Leave a rating and review on iTunes
Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
This Episode’s Sponsor:
No matter how many people you have on staff at your church, there’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? Your church exists to serve your community, so the mission of your church and its staff is to reach as many people as you can.

So BELAY, the innovative staffing solution with over 10 years of experience serving churches with virtual assistants, bookkeepers and social media strategists, is offering a free download of their resource, ‘Church Leaders: Essential Strategies to Unleash Productivity.’

Let BELAY help your church live its mission in your community by helping you juggle less and accomplish more. Visit belaysolutions.com/lifeway for your free download.
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May 20, 2021Episode 595: Revitalizing a Church Plant, part 2
In Episode 595 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed continue to discuss what it looks like to revitalize a church plant.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
Why you need to remember the journey
What it means to renew all things
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“We have to intentionally make the time to recast the gospel vision.” – @edstetzer
“When you rush to the practical without doing your theological, biblical, and missional homework you end up just maybe creating new patterns and problems that you have to undo later on.” – @edstetzer
“You have to own and embrace that you are on a journey with people.” – @edstetzer
“It’s not a plant, it is a family. You have to change the metaphors and that’s the key part when it comes to remembering the journey.” – @edstetzer
“When we begin to see the renewal in the life of our community that is one of the ways that renewal is evident and at work in us.” – @edstetzer
“If you just go to organizational renewal, you are not going to get the full reengagement that your called to.” – @edstetzer
“This is gospel work. This is Holy Spirit work. This is theological work. And you have to take those things into account as you walk through revitalization.” – @edstetzer
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 593: Revitalizing a Church Plant, part 1
Help us Multiply the Mission:
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If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
This Episode’s Sponsor:
No matter how many people you have on staff at your church, there’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? Your church exists to serve your community, so the mission of your church and its staff is to reach as many people as you can.

So BELAY, the innovative staffing solution with over 10 years of experience serving churches with virtual assistants, bookkeepers and social media strategists, is offering a free download of their resource, ‘Church Leaders: Essential Strategies to Unleash Productivity.’

Let BELAY help your church live its mission in your community by helping you juggle less and accomplish more. Visit belaysolutions.com/lifeway for your free download.
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May 17, 2021Episode 594: Leading People You Don’t Like
In Episode 594 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss how you lead people you don’t like.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
Why it’s important to learn how to handle difficult team members
How prayer can draw you closer together
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“In a multisite reality, you are not building your team from scratch.” – @danielsangi
“While you should love everyone on your staff or volunteer leadership team, it’s OK for you to like some people more.” – @toddadkins
“It’s important for you to realize that at some point in time you will end up with someone on your team that you don’t completely jive with.” – @toddadkins
“You have to manage expectations for what healthy boundaries are when you bring new people on your staff.” – @toddadkins
“We have to be friendly, professional, and courteous with everybody.” – @toddadkins
“You and your team member are both filled with the same Holy Spirit, so spend time praying for one another.” – @danielsangi
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 588: The Relationship Between a Lead Pastor and a Campus Pastor
Listen to Episode 590: The Relationship Between a Campus Pastor and the Central Location Staff
Listen to Episode 592: What Ministry Planning Looks Like
Help us Multiply the Mission:
Please subscribe
Leave a rating and review on iTunes
Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
This Episode’s Sponsor:
No matter how many people you have on staff at your church, there’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? Your church exists to serve your community, so the mission of your church and its staff is to reach as many people as you can.

So BELAY, the innovative staffing solution with over 10 years of experience serving churches with virtual assistants, bookkeepers and social media strategists, is offering a free download of their resource, ‘Church Leaders: Essential Strategies to Unleash Productivity.’

Let BELAY help your church live its mission in your community by helping you juggle less and accomplish more. Visit belaysolutions.com/lifeway for your free download.
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