https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:53:32 +0000 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:34:35 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/what-church "What is the church?"  You might be asking yourself this question, or maybe you’re hearing people in your church or ministry ask it. We’ve been asking this question, too, as we’ve explored different expressions of church alongside the Church Planting Institute. Samantha Brinkman and Jessie Zantingh https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/what-church Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:34:35 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/every-nation-website-resources-global-missions-church I would like to recommend the website called From Every Nation. It is an online platform to collect important resources about global mission, church planting, evangelism, and world Christianity. Anthony Sytsma https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/every-nation-website-resources-global-missions-church Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:47:30 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/churches-built-multiply In times of pressure, the church is tempted to lose the vision to multiply and then retreat behind her walls to survive. The current pandemic can do this, but so too can starting and sustaining any new church plant. A church plant built to multiply Beth Fellinger https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/churches-built-multiply Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:41:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/future-church-plant-your-clone-or-fresh-expression I get excited knowing that church planting is one of the milestones of our Vision 2025 as a denomination. Beth Fellinger https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/future-church-plant-your-clone-or-fresh-expression Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:48:26 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/meet-john-bouwers-church-planting-institute Along with being a grandfather, a father and a husband for 35 years, John Bouwers was once a mechanical engineer and a serial entrepreneur before becoming a pastor of an established church and finally a planter of a new one.  Resonate Global Mission https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/meet-john-bouwers-church-planting-institute Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:27:01 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/why-are-church-plants-better-reaching-unreached In the late 1980s and 1990s, Zion Reformed Church experienced a significant decline in church attendance, from approximately 800 worshipers down to 200 on an average Sunday. Becky Getz https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/why-are-church-plants-better-reaching-unreached Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:21:43 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/planting-churches-discover-acts Resonate missionary Ben Meyer shared with me recently that he has used the Discover Acts studies with teams in Mexico to plant two Sam Huizenga https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/planting-churches-discover-acts Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:09:07 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/one-thing-i-should-have-done-sooner I am the type of person you'd expect to get myself into part-time pastoring or bivocationalism or whatever you want to call it. I've always figured out ways to get the money I needed or do the cool thing I wanted to do. I've never been too risk averse when it comes to these sorts of things. Andy Littleton https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/one-thing-i-should-have-done-sooner Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:33:45 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/go-and-tell-evangelism-tools-now-available-spanish Go and Tell is an easy and practical way to equip believers to share the gospel with others. The Go and Tell seminar was endorsed by CRC Synod 2018 as an evangelism training tool. Jim Halstead https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/go-and-tell-evangelism-tools-now-available-spanish Sun, 20 Oct 2019 14:30:35 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/10-things-church-planters-want-you-know-about-church CRC church plants are on the front lines of bringing and being the gospel of Jesus Christ in their communities—but many church plants don’t look or function the same way as established CRC churches. Resonate Global Mission https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/10-things-church-planters-want-you-know-about-church Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:47:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/discussing-church-planting-and-revitalization-inspire Registration is now open for Inspire 2019 happening in Windsor, Ontario, August 1-3, 2019. Resonate Global Mission https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/discussing-church-planting-and-revitalization-inspire Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:40:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/classis-resource-church-planting New churches come in a variety of expressions, from traditional church plants to missional communities to multi-site campuses. Resonate Global Mission https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/classis-resource-church-planting Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:37:02 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/unspoken-challenges-female-church-planters-face “I think there’s a lot of pressure to be really good as a female pastor—not just an OK pastor,” said Sam DeJong McCarron, who works as a ministry vocational consultant for the CRC’s Pastor Church Resources. Resonate Global Mission https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/unspoken-challenges-female-church-planters-face Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:32:44 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/fair-community-port-st-lucie Reading over grant applications from CRC church planters is always a joy for those of us on the church planting team here at Resonate Global Mission -- it is inspiring to see how these church planters are leading their congregations to love God and love their neighbors in creative and practical w Erica Eizenga https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/fair-community-port-st-lucie Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:26:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/heart-songs-project In the CRC we commonly distinguish between “established congregations” and “church plants.” Stereotypically, the former have many worshipers from Dutch backgrounds and the latter are more community-oriented.   Syd Hielema https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/heart-songs-project Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:59:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/council-discussion-guide-about-church-planting The Church Planting Task Force of Classis Chatham is asking the Councils of all our churches to participate in a fun little exercise that we hope will be mutually beneficial, helping churches imagine themselves as catalysts for new local congregations, and helping the task force gauge the re Harold Winter https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/council-discussion-guide-about-church-planting Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:51:09 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/10-ways-grow-church-planting-movement-your-classis The nature of church planting in the United States and Canada has changed rapidly over the past decade. Previously, a single church often could handle the broad responsibilities that come with sending out a church plant. Resonate Western USA Regional Mission Team https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/10-ways-grow-church-planting-movement-your-classis Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:09:50 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/evangelism-relational I was just finishing up a discipling session with a church member at a local coffee shop when a man I have seen before but did not know approached me and asked: “I assume you know that Steve passed away on Tuesday?” As I shook his hand I replied, “Yes, thanks for letting me know. Jim Halstead https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/evangelism-relational Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:46:10 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/acorns-and-me The trees are starting to change and the rhythms of the fall season are starting to come together. Eric Kas https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/acorns-and-me Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:49:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/understanding-our-missional-vocation-artistic This is part four of a four-part series (click to read part 1, part 2 Kevin Schutte https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/understanding-our-missional-vocation-artistic Wed, 31 May 2017 13:40:49 +0000