Ecosystems of the Kingdom In scripture, Paul used the imagery of a body to illustrate how believers should be unified…
Convergence of Vocation: A Covocational Primer for Church Planting Networks The Send Institute recently commissioned a study through LifeWay Research surveying bivocational church planters.…
What Shape is Your Network? Network leaders may sometimes ask themselves what shape is their network in, but they probably rarely ask what shape…
Moving Past the Rhetoric of Multiplication “We need more planters.”I hear it more than in the past. I can remember, only a few years…
Can Church Planting Organizations Afford Not to Collaborate In Today's Culture? The Send Institute Missiologists Council gathered to discuss the most important topics affecting a missiology for North America. In this video, the council discusses the complexity of culture today and how denominations and networks need to work together if we are to see a
The Start-Up Funnel: How to Use Church-Planting Insights to Expand Your Circle of Influence Consider this workable model that can be universally applied by…
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
A Hybrid Approach to Navigating Change & Complexity Change is ever-present. Church leaders in the U.S. face rapidly shifting contexts, issues, and complexities that…
In 1970, futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler wrote a book titled “Future Shock.” They defined future shock as “too much change in too short…
I care how church planters are equipped for multiplication, so I also care deeply about Christian higher education and its historic role in ministerial…