Daniel Im

Pastor + Author

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100 Episodes on our Church Planting and Multisite Podcast

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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.

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A New Podcast to Help You Multiply

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As many of you may already know, my focus and mission in life is on church multiplication and leadership. That’s why I’m excited to tell you that I am the founder and host of this podcast with Ed Stetzer and Todd Adkins. The three of us are tag teaming to answer your questions on all things related to church multiplication, multisite, church planting, and leadership.

Here’s the thing, every show, we’ll play a voicemail of one of your questions, and then strive to help you as best as we can, by answering your question on this show. You can submit a voicemail at NewChurches.com or at www.speakpipe.com/NewChurches.

So if you would be so kind, please subscribe on iTunes and leave a full rating and review so that others can discover and benefit from this podcast!

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New Churches: Multiply the Mission

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Currently, a significant trend in the U.S., Canada, and around the world is a renewed emphasis on starting new churches. More than 4,000 new churches are launched in the U.S. each year alone, each one representing the potential to reach new people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

However, new churches commonly struggle with limited resources, a lack of trained volunteers and few tools to support their work. Even more, these limitations can often be the most detrimental to churches in their very first years.

But LifeWay and the initiative that I’m leading through New Churches is committed to help.

For churches in their first two years of operation, LifeWay has a variety of free offerings to help get a few of the foundational aspects of ministry in place. This includes helps for:

  • Bible Study Groups (6 months of digital curriculum for all age groups)
  • Church Website: twenty:28 (Free website design and 1 year of hosting)
  • Leadership Development (1 year access to Ministry Grid, LifeWay’s new web-based training platform)
  • LifeWay eGiving $0 month + 2.75% + .30 per transaction. Plus, no set-up fee for text giving
  • LifeWay Envelope Service– 600 free offering envelopes
  • Plus, $500 in free printed LifeWay resources of the church’s choosing

To qualify to receive the free offers above, simply complete the form here at New Churches.