Multiplying the Mission
To date as a result of this model of leadership development we’ve recognised three people and successfully invited them onto the team. Now we currently have five influencers we get together with as a group. This process has also lent itself to helping us diversify our level of input, with the voice of men and women, different cultures, and various ages being listened to. Giving us that broader understanding has helped filter that inclusion into our congregation.
To date as a result of this model of leadership development we’ve recognised three people and successfully invited them onto the team. Now we currently have five influencers we get together with as a group. This process has also lent itself to helping us diversify our level of input, with the voice of men and women, different cultures, and various ages being listened to. Giving us that broader understanding has helped filter that inclusion into our congregation.
To date as a result of this model of leadership development we’ve recognised three people and successfully invited them onto the team. Now we currently have five influencers we get together with as a group. This process has also lent itself to helping us diversify our level of input, with the voice of men and women, different cultures, and various ages being listened to. Giving us that broader understanding has helped filter that inclusion into our congregation.
To date as a result of this model of leadership development we’ve recognised three people and successfully invited them onto the team. Now we currently have five influencers we get together with as a group. This process has also lent itself to helping us diversify our level of input, with the voice of men and women, different cultures, and various ages being listened to. Giving us that broader understanding has helped filter that inclusion into our congregation.
We live in a world where many people from our churches pick up their theological input from a wide range of sources. Books, podcasts, YouTubers, TikTok soundbites, previous churches, family upbringing, friendships circles and many more things are shaping the people in our congregations. Although it is not what many preachers or church leaders want […]
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus and accompanying social distancing measures have impacted almost every facet of our society. The inability to gather in person for Sunday meetings, community groups and other occasions presents significant challenges and opportunities for our church life.
When you are starting new churches or sites there can be a cost borne by those left behind. Friends, resources and vision poured into the new initiative can leave a gap when they have gone. This is the ‘Rip Effect’.
Colin Baron started church planting in the early 1990s and has started several churches through the UK, particularly across Manchester where he has been ministering for the last 25 years. In this episode Colin talks about his first wave of multisite church planting in Manchester. For more about Colin’s story and church planting philosophy, see his recent book ‘Multiplanting’.
Preaching is a critical area of church life, and one that it is important to be constantly growing in. We have identified seven areas of the preaching craft that we look to develop in our up and coming preachers.
In the churches that we lead, Word and Spirit belong together. As we continue planting new churches, we shouldn’t assume that this convergence will happen on its own. It is a key value that we should build in from the start.