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  • Episode 563: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 2

    In Episode 563 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 moral issues become political issues
    • Why your rationale needs to be rooted in Scripture
    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
      • “You really need to know your people more than you know your politicians.” – @edstetzer
      • “You are not there predominantly to engage with politicians.” – @edstetzer
      • “Moral issues have political dimensions.” – @edstetzer
      • “No political party is going to represent perfectly the Christian worldview and that is key.” – @edstetzer
      • “Speak of moral issues with political dimensions without naming politicians or parties.” – @edstetzer
      • “As a pastor, you need to tell the truth and the truth is that people are experiencing systemic and structural racism in their lived day-to-day existence if they are people of color in a way that we don’t in ours.” – @edstetzer
      • “Write it out, agree with your elders before hand on what you are going to do. That’s not political, it is moral with political implications.” – @edstetzer
      • “If people are talking about it in the community we should be talking about it in the church, particularly if people are wondering if the church cares about these issues.” – @edstetzer
      • Recommended Resources:
        • Listen to Episode 561: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 1
        • 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 563: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 2 appeared first on New Churches.

            17 min
          • Episode 562: Organizational Life Cycles, Part Two

            In Episode 562 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd continue to discuss creating an ideal team in order to thrive in a COVID/post-COVID world.

            In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
            • What qualities you should look for in potential team members
            • Why it is important to have a balanced team with mixed perspectives
            •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
              • “Yes, we need to preach the word, but in order to have an organization and a church that runs effectively and can scale, there are a lot of team dynamics that come into play.” – @danielsangi
              • “Depending on your personal strengths and weaknesses, you want to develop a team around you.” – @toddadkins
              • “Our team needs to be cross-functional enough and cross-trained well enough to deal with whatever comes our way.” – @toddadkins
              • “Team building is really all about culture forming.” – @toddadkins
              • “Brand new church plants are often fully driven by entrepreneurs and don’t have administrators.” – @danielsangi
              • “You have to understand you need that other perspective to make you stronger.” – @toddadkins
              • “You are not going to get where you need to go if you just surround yourself with people just like you.” – @toddadkins
              • Recommended Resources:
                • Listen to Episode 560: Organizational Life Cycles
                • Read Corporate Lifecycles by Ichak Adizes
                • 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 562: Organizational Life Cycles, Part Two appeared first on New Churches.

                    20 min
                  • Episode 561: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 1

                    In Episode 561 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss cultural, theological, and missiological issues that pastors need to be aware of.

                    In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                    • The major issues faced today
                    • How you can tie in your church history
                    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                      • “I think the biggest issues on people’s minds right now are COVID response, politics, and race.” – @edstetzer
                      • “Now pastor’s are being pushed to be specifically in favor of things.” – @edstetzer
                      • “There are things to speak up about, there are things to be concerned about, but that also means you don’t have to comment on everything.” – @edstetzer
                      • “You are trying to de-politicize it by making a local church decision.” – @edstetzer
                      • “It’s important that we are first as a local church leadership, devising what our stance is and what you feel God is leading you to do in your local context.” – @danielsangi
                      • “If you say, ‘we are going to meet,’ you need to do so in such a way that acknowledges the truth.” – @edstetzer
                      • “This is a great time to be a church plant, because so many are smaller and more nimble.” – @edstetzer
                      • “You need to be able to clearly articulate why you are doing what you are doing, communicate factual information, and make sure people know you care about the health of the community.” – @edstetzer
                      • 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 561: Current Cultural, Theological, and Missiological Issues, Part 1 appeared first on New Churches.

                          21 min
                        • Episode 560: Organizational Life Cycles

                          In Episode 560 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss the philosophy and framework around life cycles.

                          In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                          • The levels of an organizational life cycle
                          • How important a team is to a healthy and thriving church
                          •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                            • “In every organization there are life cycles.” – @danielsangi
                            • “It doesn’t matter how strong your process is, it ultimately rests and runs with people.” – @toddadkins
                            • “As a good leader, you are going to be better at some things than others, but to take a step back and recognize where you are and what tools you need to employ is important as well.” – @toddadkins
                            • “When you think about where your church is at right now, you want to mature as a church plant where you as a church planter aren’t doing everything yourself.” – @danielsangi
                            • “You want to get back to that place where there is a church-wide focus on reaching the lost.” – @danielsangi
                            • “When you think about an organization or a church that is thriving, it is built off of teams.” – @danielsangi
                            • “I hire people over positions because the team element is so important.” – @toddadkins
                            • Recommended Resources:
                              • Listen to Episode 558: The Well Curve
                              • Listen to Episode 556: Priorities for the New Year
                              • Read Corporate Lifecycles by Ichak Adizes
                              • Read The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins
                              • 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 560: Organizational Life Cycles appeared first on New Churches.

                                  14 min
                                • Episode 559: Preaching on Church Planting

                                  In Episode 559 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss an outline for a sermon series on church planting

                                  “If you had four Sundays at the very beginning of the year in January, what are four big things you would talk about to begin the visioning process to a group of people about church planting?”

                                  In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                                  • What the Bible says about church planting
                                  • How you can tie in your church history
                                  •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                                    • “Part of the challenge is there really is no church planting series of verses.” – @edstetzer
                                    • “Church planting is so present and evident, the Bible doesn’t describe it because that is literally what they are doing.” – @edestetzer
                                    • “If you want to be a good interpreter of the Bible, what you want to ask is what did the original hearers do with the original information, and upon receiving the four commissions of Jesus the disciples went out and planted churches.” – @edstetzer
                                    • “What is our coherent approach to church planting that we should take?” – @edstetzer
                                    • “Look to the history of your church.” – @danielsangi
                                    • “Look at the missionary journeys of Paul.” – @danielsangi
                                    • Recommended Resources:
                                      • Read Planting Reproducing Churches by Elmer Towns
                                      • 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 559: Preaching on Church Planting appeared first on New Churches.

                                          12 min

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