How Racial and Ethnic Diversity is Shaping the Future of Church Planting The Send Institute Missiologists Council gathered to discuss the most important topics affecting a missiology for North America. In this video, the council discusses how race and ethnicity aren't just merely social constructions, but rather are deeply complicated concepts that need to be
How Diversity at All Levels is Shaping the Future of Church Planting Karen is the Cannada Fellow for World Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary as well as an Ambassador for International Christian Response. She teaches, writes, and speaks on Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and the Persecuted Church.
Are we seeing the shift from addition to multiplication reflected in church planting systems and structures? When Ed Stetzer wrote what was the first edition of Planting Missional Churches, he originally named it Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age. But postmodern terminology only lasted a few years before quickly disappearing. Instead, the publishers renamed
The Send Institute partnered with Church Planting Leadership Fellowship to launch the 2018 Bi-Vocational Church Planting Research Project. The history of church planting in…
By Lisa Cannon Green originally posted at LifeWay Research. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – America is launching new Protestant churches faster than it loses old ones, attracting…
The Send Institute is currently conducting an extensive survey of North American church planting networks and organizations. As the conversation in North American church…
This brief summary contains key findings from a study of Protestant African-American church plants nationwide. The study was conducted by LifeWay Research. Lists of…
The mission of the Flourishing Congregations Institute is to bring together academics and practitioners to research the factors surrounding flourishing congregations in Canada, develop tools and resources to help congregations to flourish, and share our research findings with congregations that wish to flourish. At the Send Institute, we would like to introduce you to
Over the last 10-years, there has been a growing commitment of churches, networks and denominations to plant churches in many diverse communities in the…
In 2015, New Churches released their State of Church Planting in the U.S. research book. Learn more about the State of Church Planting in the U.S.…