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  • Episode 543: Thematic, Topical, and Expository Preaching

    In Episode 543 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss how a preaching calendar can be helpful.

    In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
    • How a preaching calendar can help when you have unexpected interruptions
    • Tips for expository preaching
    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
      • “One of the things you can be working on that really does help is a preaching calendar.” – @danielsangi
      • “I want to preach in a way that people should read their Bible.” – @edstetzer
      • “Two-thirds of the time, and always in the summer and winter, I want to preach through a book of the Bible.” – @edstetzer
      • “As a church planter, I typically want to start with a thematic series in the fall or spring.” – @edstetzer
      • “I see the topical/thematic series as on-ramps.” – @edstetzer
      • “When it’s narrative text, I want to take each section and have it in it’s own sermon.” – @edstetzer
      • “As you preach through the books of the Bible, you will get comfortable with it.” – @edstetzer
      • Help us Multiply the Mission:
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        • Episode 542: Current Strategy for a Young Church Plant

          In Episode 542 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss how a young church plant can rebuild after COVID.

          “Should a struggling church plant go back to core team phase if COVID has affected it in such a way where it has not grown?”

          In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
          • Why focusing on local ministry is important during this time
          • How to use this time to adjust your church culture
          •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
            • “How can you be incredibly local? That is what I would want to start with.” – @danielsangi
            • “My recommendation would be, whether you go back to core team or not, to focus on relationships and going smaller.” – @danielsangi
            • “Look at it from a perspective of, trajectory wise and momentum wise, which direction are we going?” – @danielsangi
            • “I don’t think making a big relaunch is going to make a difference because people are afraid of large gatherings.” – @danielsangi
            • “If you want to reach locals, and you aren’t one, show an amazing amount of insight and understanding of what it is to be a local there.” – @toddadkins
            • “Focus on the people aspect, because the people are stickier than your Sunday morning service anyway.” – @toddadkins
            • “Take this time to adjust the culture in your church.” – @toddadkins
            • Recommended Resources:
              • Read The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
              • 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 542: Current Strategy for a Young Church Plant appeared first on New Churches.

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                • Episode 541: The Science vs. Art of Church Planting

                  In Episode 541 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss the difference in science and art in church planting.

                  In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                  • What you learn from science and from art
                  • Why it is important to balance the two to be successful
                  •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                    • “When you look at the field of missiology there is always a sense that there is some science to it.” – @edstetzer
                    • “The challenge is, historically, the Church Growth Movement really focused on missiology at first, and at some point it became almost methodological mania.” – @edstetzer
                    • “The art is: who are the first few people you are going to engage? or what is the leadership gifting of the planter?” – @edstetzer
                    • “If God wants this to happen, and how God wants this to happen, it will happen even if your scientific formulas are all  messed up.” – @edstetzer
                    • “Church planters have to learn to rely on the work of the Holy Spirit and be molded as a person so God can use you.” – @edstetzer
                    • “When the wind of the Spirit is more present and evident we are looking to see what God is doing, we are responding in obedience, we are living on mission in ways that might not produce a statistical formula but honors Jesus in what we do.” – @edstetzer
                    • “I’m not against the use of tools, but I am for trusting the prompting of the Holy Spirit.” – @edstetzer
                    • Recommended Resources:
                      • Read Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
                      • 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 541: The Science vs. Art of Church Planting appeared first on New Churches.

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                        • Episode 540: Shepherding the Heart of Your Church

                          In Episode 540 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss how we shepherd the heart of our church in light of all that is going on.

                          In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                          • Why we need to focus on our citizenship in heaven in the aftermath of the election
                          • How you lead people to emotional intelligence during this time
                          •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                            • “No matter who you vote for you are going to be surprised at the results.” – @toddadkins
                            • “As church leaders we need to ultimately lift up our citizenship in heaven.” – @toddadkins
                            • “No political movement is going to usher in the glory of God.” – @toddadkins
                            • “It’s so important that during this time we really shepherd the hearts of our people and we consider the confusion and the differing messages they are hearing.” – @danielsangi
                            • “Lift up the eternal truths of the citizenship of heaven and cultivate that character and that culture in your church.” – @toddadkins
                            • “I would shift more toward being a shepherd than a prophet, both in the pulpit and in private.” – @toddadkins
                            • “Thin about the self-awareness needed during this time.” – @toddadkins
                            • Recommended Resources:
                              • Read “Why Many Americans Will Be Shocked on Election Day” by Trevin Wax
                              • Listen to Episode 119 of the ImBetween Podcast
                              • Read The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
                              • 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 540: Shepherding the Heart of Your Church appeared first on New Churches.

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                                • Episode 539: Addressing Politics in Preaching

                                  In Episode 539 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss how to address politics in preaching.

                                  “What can we preach about that speaks to what people are feeling and needing right now, especially because of the election coming up, without overstepping our boundaries?”

                                  In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                                  • Appropriate ways to discuss politics from the pulpit
                                  • Why every person needs to weigh the issues the Bible addresses
                                  •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                                    • “At church, I am going to talk to you about biblical issues, and no where in the Bible does it talk about what the right marginal tax rate is.” – @edstetzer
                                    • “The Bible addresses these six things, so the question you now have to decide is how does your vote best advance these issues?” – @edstetzer
                                    • “Are we still going to be a united church when we’ve made some different decisions about the best way to vote to accomplish biblical objectives?” – @edstetzer
                                    • “Each person in their own mind is going to have to say, ‘how do I weight these issues?'” – @edstetzer
                                    • “I might come to some different conclusions than people who deeply love the Lord.” – @edstetzer
                                    • “I’m also driven by the idea that each church, pastor, elders, need to determine what’s right for them.” – @edstetzer
                                    • “There are some churches where everybody has made up their mind and bringing it up may not be helpful.” – @edstetzer
                                    • Recommended Resources:
                                      • Read the Tim Keller Op-Ed on voting
                                      • 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 539: Addressing Politics in Preaching appeared first on New Churches.

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