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  • Episode 569: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 5

    In Episode 569 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed continue their discussion on cultural, theological, and missiological issues that pastors need to be aware of.

    In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
    • How a rise of resistance to proselytization is affecting evangelism
    • The rising importance of apologetics
    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
      • “There is a sense that bad people try to convert others and good people live their quiet religion.” – @edstetzer
      • “Fundamental to the nature of the gospel is the propagation of the gospel.” – @edstetzer
      • “Christians still love evangelism as long as somebody else is doing it.” – @edstetzer
      • “A missiological reality is we live in a culture that is against something that Jesus told us to do, which is to go therefore and disciple all nations.” – @edstetzer
      • “There is an increasing distaste and lack of appreciation for proselytization.” – @edstetzer
      • “Apologetics has become more important – actually having to explain and answer and walk through what the gospel is and ultimately why the Christian faith makes sense.” – @edstetzer
      • “For us, the walk of faith is going to always involve sharing the gospel.” – @edstetzer
      • Recommended Resources:
        • Listen to Episode 561: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 1
        • Listen to Episode 563: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 2
        • Listen to Episode 565: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 3
        • Listen to Episode 567: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 4
        • 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
          • The post Episode 569: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 5 appeared first on New Churches.

            13 min
          • Episode 568: Systems for a Post-COVID Church

            In Episode 568 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss what systems are needed for a post-COVID church.

            In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
            • Why you should keep your simplified systems moving forward
            • How contingency planning now can help you in the future
            •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
              • “We are all going to have a tendency to go back to the same systems rather than take a simplified system forward.” – @toddadkins
              • “Carry your simplified systems forward.” – @toddadkins
              • “Think through what we have we learned now so that we can be more flexible in the future.” – @toddadkins
              • “We all wish we would have had more contingency plans in place in the past.” – @toddadkins
              • “We do need to make sure that we are thinking about those contingency plans because that definitely will interrupt the regular ebb and flow of what ministry looks like in your church.” – @danielsangi
              • “We have a cycle where we are planning ministry three times a year.” – @danielsangi
              • “Five year planning is off the table. We really need to think in the terms of quarter, annual, and three years.” – @toddadkins
              • Recommended Resources:
                • Listen to Episode 564: What Established Churches Can Learn From Church Plants
                • Listen to Episode 566: What Church Plants Can Learn From Established Churches
                • 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
                  • The post Episode 568: Systems for a Post-COVID Church appeared first on New Churches.

                    14 min
                  • Episode 567: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 4

                    In Episode 567 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed continue their discussion on cultural, theological, and missiological issues that pastors need to be aware of.

                    In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                    • How the death of nominalism is affecting evangelism
                    • How the changes in evangelism affect the way we preach
                    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                      • “Most of our evangelism in the U.S. and Canada in the last few decades is reaching nominal Christians.” – @edstetzer
                      • “Our target that has been focused on evangelism is going away, and now you are getting more secular people who are more resistant to the gospel.” – @edstetzer
                      • “The death of nominalism does lead us to some significant questions moving forward.” – @edstetzer
                      • “Preaching and teaching in a secular age does require us to not begin with certain assumptions and to begin to address questions that people have.” – @edstetzer
                      • “We need to provide on-ramps for people who are listening in and need to understand more.” – @edstetzer
                      • “I am teaching and preaching for the interested Christian, I’m not really preaching to the non-Christian, but I am going to have on-ramps for them.” – @edstetzer
                      • “At the end of the day, I am assuming that people who are listening to my message are leaning in enough that I can lean back and help them to hear and respond.” – @edstetzer
                      • Recommended Resources:
                        • Listen to Episode 561: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 1
                        • Listen to Episode 563: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 2
                        • Listen to Episode 565: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 3
                        • Read “Waking Up in 2030” by Ross Douthat
                        • 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
                          • The post Episode 567: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 4 appeared first on New Churches.

                            12 min
                          • Episode 566: What Church Plants Can Learn From Established Churches

                            In Episode 566 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss things that church planters can learn from established church pastors.

                            In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                            • Why you want to look for an established church with a history of innovation
                            • What lessons can be learned from unhealthy established churches
                            •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                              • “In both environments, there are people that are really successful and really faithful and over the course of time they get to see fruit.” – @toddadkins
                              • “When you are looking for an established church to learn from, you need to look for one that is approachable.” – @toddadkins
                              • “There are systems pieces that you can learn that leads to scalability.” – @toddadkins
                              • “An established church is established because they are self-sustainable and have reserves.” – @danielsangi
                              • “The church members have as much of a role to play in a pastor being a celebrity pastor because it is an ecosystem where they feed into each other.” – @danielsangi
                              • Recommended Resources
                                • Listen to Episode 564: What Established Churches Can Learn From Church Plants
                                • 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
                                  • The post Episode 566: What Church Plants Can Learn From Established Churches appeared first on New Churches.

                                    16 min
                                  • Episode 565: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, part 3

                                    In Episode 565 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed continue their discussion on cultural, theological, and missiological issues that pastors need to be aware of.

                                    In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                                    • How ecclesiology needs to be addressed
                                    • Why we need to shift our focus to the kingdom of God
                                    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                                      • “We came into COVID with a weak ecclesiology in most contexts.” – @edstetzer
                                      • “We need a biblical reason to say to people that it is time to return.” – @edstetzer
                                      • “You need to be teaching that part of what it means to be in a church is to be in physical community.” – @edstetzer
                                      • “If kids need school, Christians need church.” – @edstetzer
                                      • “We can’t allow what is happening right now to permanently delete one of the core practices of following Jesus, which is gathering together.” – @danielsangi
                                      • “Evangelicals need to discover a robust understanding of the kingdom of God that will cause them to live as kingdom citizens in the world representing Jesus and His kingdom in the world.” – @edstetzer
                                      • “We know that God has chosen the church to make known His manifold wisdom in the world.” – @edstetzer
                                      • Recommended Resources:
                                        • Listen to Episode 561: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 1
                                        • Listen to Episode 563: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 2
                                        • Read 6 Marks of the Church and Why They Matter
                                        • 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
                                          • The post Episode 565: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, part 3 appeared first on New Churches.

                                            12 min
                                          • Episode 564: What Established Churches Can Learn From Church Plants

                                            In Episode 564 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss things that established churches and pastors can learn about the church planting stage.

                                            In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                                            • How flexibility and agility benefit church plants
                                            • Why all churches need entrepreneurial leaders
                                            •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                                              • “Every church plant is going to be an established church and every multisite church is an established church.” – @danielsangi
                                              • “You don’t want to hold the label church plant forever.” – @danielsangi
                                              • “One of the biggest things they can learn is flexibility.” – @toddadkins
                                              • “Churches that were able to adapt and be nimble were the ones who leveraged what happened with COVID.” – @danielsangi
                                              • “It’s the approach and attitude of a startup.” – @toddadkins
                                              • “When you look at organizational life cycles, church plants that fail lack entrepreneurial leadership. Established churches that grow old and stale lack entrepreneurial leadership.” – @danielsangi
                                              • “Established churches that are growing have those entrepreneurial leaders.” – @danielsangi
                                              • Recommended Resources:
                                                • Listen to Episode 560: Organizational Life Cycles
                                                • 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
                                                  • The post Episode 564: What Established Churches Can Learn From Church Plants appeared first on New Churches.

                                                    16 min

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