Churches in various regions of the United States and Canada are already having to decide whether they will host Sunday…
In The State of Missiology Today: Global Innovations in Christian Witness, Charles Van Engen proposes ten innovations in missiology compared to the missiology of the…
Build Next Year's Reading List Both the culture and the ministry of church planting in North America are in an important time of reformation as indicated by the Church Planting Manifesto released earlier this year. It takes multiple disciplines to fully express how different the cultural climate of 21st century North America is compared to
In 2011, America reached an important milestone in that for the first time in the history of the country, more minority babies than white…
Many North American leaders in Christian mission and evangelism would consider immigrants arriving in North America from all around the world a key opportunity…
Convergence of Vocation: A Covocational Primer for Church Planting Networks The Send Institute recently commissioned a study through LifeWay Research surveying bivocational church planters.…
Leading means reading. This applies even more to movement leaders who are leaders among leaders. I highly recommend church planting leaders keep a balance of reading between theology, sociology, organizational theory, learning theory, and even science and technological trends. But in case you don't have time to read as broadly as you’d like and need
What Shape is Your Network? Network leaders may sometimes ask themselves what shape is their network in, but they probably rarely ask what shape…
On July 23, the Send Institute convened a gathering of 17 thought leaders and heads of some of North America’s large and influential church…
The Send Institute will be releasing a full report on Best Practices in Church Planting Systems With Particular Attention to Church Planting Churches. In this report, we will share best practices in church planting systems as well as the organizational shifts necessary to see denominations and networks move beyond addition into multiplication. As a preview