Recently, Ed Stetzer, Todd Adkins, and I celebrated our 100th episode on the NewChurches.com Q&A Podcast. It’s been such a joy to dream up and implement this idea of a podcast that answered real life church planting, multisite, and pastoral leadership questions.
Our heart is to serve the church in her mission of making disciples by helping her multiply. That’s what this podcast is all about. As a result, twice a week, we answer listener submitted questions.
Here are the questions from our top 5 most downloaded episodes:
- Episode 1: As a young church planter, what are some blind spots that I need to be aware of?
- Episode 3: In a context with so few believers, what strategies would you recommend for church planters to expand their network in order to raise financial support?
- Episode 11: The growth is slow in my church. What are the growth barriers in church planting?
- Episode 59: On launch day, what would you recommend to preach on? What would be your first series?
- Episode 61: What are the differences in gifts and temperaments for someone who will revitalize a church vs someone who will plant a new church?
More than any other topic we covered, bivocational ministry was definitely the one with the most questions! This is because I believe it’s a trend for the future of church planting, as well as a topic with little to few resources out there.
Here are the episodes we’ve recorded so far on bivocational ministry:
- Episode 9: Bivocational and Missional Church Planting
- Episode 17: The Future of Bivocational Church Planting
- Episode 49: Marketplace Jobs and Bivocational Ministry
- Episode 63: Does the House Church Model Work in the West?
- Episode 65: Self-Sufficiency, Survivability, and Financial Expectations
- Episode 92: Bivocational Ministry
And as always, we love to speak in tweetables and quotables. So here are my favorite soundbytes from the 100 episodes:
- “If you do not kill and crush the simple and the complicated, then you will not have time for the complex.”
- “Spend time with the leaders and the lost.”
- “I don’t know that I’d do a Pokémon Go service, but I’d serve Pokémon Go participants.”
- “The natural result of growth is multiplication. We need to start somewhere.”
- “It’s easier to birth a baby than raise the dead.”
What questions do you have on church planting, multisite, multiplication, and leadership?
Ed, Todd, and I are ready to answer them! Leave us a voicemail here and I promise you that we’ll answer it!
Here’s to another 100 episodes and counting! Subscribe today and never miss an episode.