https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:23:15 +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/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/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/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/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