Church Planting: Develop Ministry Systems

When you're leading a church, it's important to coach your volunteers in the competencies they need the most. In this video, Wayne Northup, lead pastor of Saints Community Church in New Orleans, shares how their church trains its volunteers in 15 core attributes they believe every leader should have.

Pastor Chris Smith of People's Church in Indianapolis discusses systems for promoting your church and for connecting with new visitors.

In this video Mike Santiago, Lead Pastor of Focus Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, shares about getting new people connected to your church. This is called an assimilation process and it maps out the steps someone takes from the first time they visit to getting connected to the community.

How do you know when it's time to add another service to your Sunday schedule? Mike Santiago, pastor of FOCUS Church in Raleigh, NC, walks through the steps for determining when to expand to a second or third service—and how to make it happen from a practical perspective.

One of the primary goals of pastoring is to see people discipled, but how do you do so effectively? Pastor David Lindell talks about the process of discipleship at James River Church and why it is so important to have a clear discipleship pathway.

Everyone desires community. Small groups are a great place to find them in church, but it's not always easy to do. John Van Pay, lead pastor of Gateway Fellowship, teaches on why small groups are so important as well as tips for how to develop a great small group experience for new believers.

Prayer has been a huge part of the story behind James River Church, led by pastor John Lindell. In this video John discusses the paramount importance of prayer in every church.

Worship is a chance for people to personally encounter Jesus. However, worship isn't always something that people know how to do. Kristi Northrup, co-lead pastor of Saints Community Church and worship leader, shares valuable advice on how to create a culture of worship during a church service.

In this video Mike Santiago, Lead Pastor of Focus Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, talks about how to recruit new volunteers. Volunteers are an essential part of a healthy church and volunteering becomes one of the primary ways people experience service and hand-on discipleship. This video will map out how to effectively invite people to serve and connect them in the right spot when they do.

New believers need a healthy spiritual community. Mark Batterson, lead pastor at National Community Church, talks about the value and need of cultivating spiritual community for church planters.

How do you build and staff the children's ministry at your church plant? Jason Sandoval, Family Pastor at Gateway Fellowship Church, joins us in this video to talk through best practices for managing a children's ministry.

Mike Quinn of Newbreak Church pastored for 13 years with an average attendance of under 200. In this video, we discuss the changes his church needed to make in their team building, choice of location, mentoring programs, and community engagement in order to break that barrier.