Report on Global Trend in Church Planting
February 15, 2023
Over the last century, the face of Christianity has radically changed. The past five hundred years of church history has often focused on European churches
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Want a Crash Course on Using Data to Engage Your Church?
April 23, 2019
Whether you’re a blog writer, a social media strategist, a small business owner, or a small group leader, engagement is what you’re looking for. Engagement
Big Data and the Church: Better Data Means Better Fishing
July 23, 2018
By Eric Swanson and Matt Engel “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half.” John Wanamaker Jesus,
Big Data and the Church: What Are You Solving For?
March 9, 2018
By Eric Swanson and Matt Engel “If you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.” Zig Ziglar Big data does not help
Big Data and the Church: Helping churches do five things amazingly well
February 1, 2018
By Eric Swanson & Matt Engel Every church that is thriving and multiplying has become really good at a critical five things. Every church that
Five New Reasons Why You DO Want to Launch that New Church or Campus
December 27, 2017
What did leaders from more than 1,500 new churches or multisite campuses tell us about what they’ve learned and experienced? “8 Launch Wins,” our newly
Why Do Young Millennials Leave the Church and What Makes Them Stick?
December 13, 2017
Watch the video from our webinar with Kara Powell, Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute and co-author of Sticky Faith and Growing Young. Kara Powell
Praying for You This Christmas Season
December 1, 2017
As the Christmas season is upon us, I wanted to share a special hope and prayer for you. Click or tap below to watch: Let
Leading Effectively When You Inherit a Mess and Other Articles Church Leaders Should Read
November 7, 2017
Here’s a collection of interesting, thought-provoking articles from around the web from recent weeks. For more links, check out our Flipboard magazines: Leadership Network Today, Leadership
What Would Jesus Disrupt and Other Articles Church Leaders Should Read
October 5, 2017
Here’s a collection of interesting, thought-provoking articles from around the web from recent weeks. For more links, check out our Flipboard magazines: Leadership Network Today, Leadership
Microchurch Movements: The Starting Point Is Returning to Jesus
May 22, 2023
In 2020, we (KC Underground) felt a particular passion to begin equipping leadership teams in the systems and structures that have shaped our team. We
3 Leadership Shifts That Changed Everything
May 15, 2023
Here at Church NEXT, we are always looking for stories of pastors and leaders who are innovatively imagining the church of tomorrow. In this month’s
Go on a Metaverse Mission Trip
May 15, 2023
Church, Meet the Metaverse Mission Field Sure, we can argue about the ecclesiology of a church in virtual reality. There are some points of conversation
5 Daily Habits That Won’t Improve Your Day, but Will Change Your Life
May 8, 2023
There are moments in our life and leadership journey when the stakes are really high—the heat turns up, the inevitable waiting season starts, the personal
Is It Time to Change Wineskins?
May 8, 2023
The rabbis of old had a saying, “Without wine, there is no joy.”1 This was especially true at a wedding. In the first century, weddings
How Do We Disciple Artificial Intelligence?
May 1, 2023
Artificial Intelligence: Greatest Invention of the Modern Era or the Downfall of Human Civilization? Let’s stop here for a second and recognize how far the
