“I can’t wait until we are in our own building.” Not so fast. This statement is heard a lot among church planters and campus pastors who are currently in portable…
In our continuing list of nuggets uncovered in our Leadership Network/Portable Church Industries upcoming report, this insight sounds obvious. Recall first that the churches in Leadership Network’s sample universe tend…
Pastoral training models are constantly evolving. In our continuing series (link to the previous here, here, and here) of nuggets discovered in our soon-to-be released report from Leadership Network/Portable Church…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird I call it “The Sermon on the Amount.” Everybody knows it’s coming: ”Turn in your Bibles to Malachi.” Veteran Christians can predict that it’s…
Multisite churches rate themselves 82% more likely to be multipliers than a church that has never launched a new campus or site. We continue to unpack some of our findings…
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 Network Deep Trends, and Ideas…
Which pastors are more likely to have visions for planting new churches or new sites? In an upcoming major research report from Leadership Network and Portable Church Industries, we found…
83% of Pastors Under Age 40 “Have a Future Vision to Plant/Launch” a New Church or New Site In an upcoming major report that Leadership Network and Portable Church…
We get a lot of great questions (one way to ask us is through our new Implementation Lab), and here’s a great one I recently received: “Is there a recommended…
Do you believe that social media can boost your ministry? Nils Smith is joined by Warren Bird from Leadership Network for this week’s episode. They talk about the core trends…
How can we integrate technology and social media to our churches? Jeremy Smith of Churchmag joins Nils Smith in this week’s SMC podcast. Churchmag, formerly Churchcrunch, is a place that…
