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March 09, 2021Episode 574: The Importance of Role Clarity
In Episode 574 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss what systems need to look like for a post-COVID church.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
Why audits are important
How to get feedback from your team as things are changing
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“During COVID, so many churches changed people’s job descriptions.” – @danielsangi
“If you stopped it, or you paused it, then those volunteers are your first line of offense for new roles.” – @toddadkins
“By auditing ministry areas and auditing the volunteer roles, you naturally have the ability to say what roles and people are missing and match them up accordingly.” – @toddadkins
“Once you’ve defined a new position, one of the most helpful things you can do is write it down.” – @toddadkins
“Using a simple debriefing tool as you come to different mileposts along the way is really important.” – @toddadkins
“What’s going to serve you and your team the best is getting on the same page.” – @danielsangi
Recommended Resources:
Take the “Complete COVID-19 Guide to Lead Your Church to a New Normal” on Ministry Grid
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13 min
March 08, 2021 Episode 574: The Importance of Role Clarity
Daniel and Todd discuss what systems need to look like for a post-COVID church.
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13 min
March 05, 2021Episode 573: Things to Consider When Inheriting a Building
In Episode 573 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss what to do if you inherit a building from a church that is closing.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
Evidence to support that this will be an increasing situation moving forward
Considerations when asked to take over a building
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“My guess is you will see a significant acceleration in the pattern of church closures.” – @edstetzer
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw doubling, tripling church closures over the next couple of years after COVID.” – @edstetzer
“Schools are not open or theaters, so the number one and number two places where churches met are not functionally available to them.” – @edststetzer
“Less church plants and more church closures I would think.” – @edstetzer
“When a church closes, it usually has years of deferred maintenance.” – @edstetzer
“There is significant risk, but the upside can be good if the facility is appropriate for the size of the new church plant.” – @edstetzer
“A bad building is worse than no building.” – @edstetzer
“Your focus is not a building, it’s a church plant that is connected to people.” – @edstetzer
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14 min
March 04, 2021 Episode 573: Things to Consider When Inheriting a Building
Daniel and Ed discuss what to do if you inherit a building from a church that is closing.
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14 min
March 02, 2021Episode 572: Creating Core Values
In Episode 572 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss figuring out your values when you are planting a church.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
How to determine what your core values are
When vision drift occurs
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“When you plant a new church you have the opportunity to articulate what are the values of your church.” – @danielsangi
“Most of the time, the values that churches have are permission to play ones or statement of faith ones.” – @danielsangi
“When it comes to reaching your community, most people aren’t going to evaluate whether they want come to your church based on your stated values, they are going to come and experience your values.” – @danielsangi
“What you embody close to your heart often become the values of the church plant.” – @danielsangi
“Make sure that the core values that you have actually move you toward the mission and the vision that God has given you for you area.” – @danielsangi
“The more you add staff and the more you add key leaders, they bring their values, and in the absence of clearly-stated core values you begin experiencing vision drift.” – @danielsangi
“Every church I planted, the vision evolved over time, but part of my job as pastor and shepherd was to make sure it didn’t drift.” – @edstetzer
Recommended Resources:
For an audit to develop the values at your church, see chapter 7 of Daniel Im’s No Silver Bullets
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12 min
March 01, 2021 Episode 572: Creating Core Values
Daniel and Ed discuss figuring out your values when you are planting a church.
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12 min
February 26, 2021Episode 571: Should I Take a Job at a Different Church or Campus?
In Episode 571 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss how to determine if you are being called to change churches or campuses.
“When is it biblically and morally OK to leave a smaller church to lead a bigger church?”
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
How to choose people for a strategic team and an innovative team
How these groups become think tanks
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“If you move to this bigger place, does it mean more impact or not?” – @toddadkins
“God cares more about what I am than what I am doing.” – @toddadkins
“If you do go that main campus, you are essentially changing churches.” – @danielsangi
“If you are the campus pastor, you need to be living in the community to be effective.” – @danielsangi
“Just because this is a change and a risk, doesn’t mean God is calling you to it.” – @danielsangi
“You really need to wait on God for this and for your answer.” – @danielsangi
“The size of your church is not a reflection of God’s favor on your life.” – @danielsangi
Recommended Resources:
Read The Pastor by Eugene Peterson
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
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18 min
February 25, 2021 Episode 571: Should I Take a Job at a Different Church or Campus?
Daniel and Todd discuss how to determine if you are being called to change churches or campuses.
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18 min
February 23, 2021Episode 570: Strategic and Innovative Teams
In Episode 570 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss creating teams to help with strategic and innovative thinking as you plan for the future.
“In Episode 564 you talked briefly about the innovative and strategic teams you created. Please share more about that and how they interact with each other and the rest of the teams at your church.”
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
How to choose people for a strategic team and an innovative team
How these groups become think tanks
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
“I was thinking along the lines of a cross-departmental, a cross-campus, sort of work group where essentially I was trying to get away from the lead by committee feel.” – @danielsangi
“In a church of 50 to 100, as the lead pastor you would identify who are a few really strategically minded individuals in the congregation and who are the few innovative minded individuals.” – @danielsangi
“This is not your board of elders, or even your deacons or staff, let these two groups be your advisory team.” – @danielsangi
“Create these work groups who are really going to be thinking far ahead and catapulting your ministry forward.” – @danielsangi
“I’m starting those conversation at this work group and then from those conversations I will bring it to our leadership team and our elders.” – @danielsangi
“What I am doing in these two work groups is essentially saying, ‘What’s next?'” – @danielsangi
“These two work groups essentially become those think tanks for you to bring in early on to have perspective outside your own perspective.” – @danielsangi
Recommended Resources:
Listen to Episode 564: What Established Churches Can Learn From Church Plants
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
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15 min
February 22, 2021 Episode 570: Strategic and Innovative Teams
Daniel and Todd discuss creating teams to help with strategic and innovative thinking as you plan for the future.
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15 min

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