There was a time when the Foursquare Church denomination didn't have a very good track record in planting new churches. "Out of every 10 churches we tried to start, only three made it," says Alex Chai ...

The strange intersection of high-growth business strategies and churches is becoming more and more influential as non-denominational churches spread like wildfire. Across America and increasingly ...

Protestants are planting new churches in America faster than their old churches are closing. More than 4,000 new Protestant churches opened their doors in the United States in 2014, outpacing the ...

A look at whether churches should expand through a missionary model rather than relying on professional entrepreneurial pastors to plant churches. Next year marks the one hundredth anniversary of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of Related Churches (ARC) celebrates an extraordinary 2024, highlighting its commitment to planting and equipping life-giving ...

(RNS) — If evangelical churches want to reach people with the gospel, they need the skills of women and men of all backgrounds, say leaders like the Rev. Liz Rios. (RNS) — The Rev. Liz Rios has a ...

A “church planting” network has launched 25 churches — 18 of them in the U.S. — in the past year amid a global pandemic that forced millions of believers to forgo weekly religious services, often by ...

Church planting can be an exciting yet challenging endeavor. For Mark and Rachelle Francie, the founders of Ocean’s Church in Southern California, launching their church in 2018 was a leap of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARC (Association of Related Churches) is excited about a very active and successful 2023 church planting season. The 2023 ARC church planting season ...

TJ Stoudt, pastor of Harlem Community Church in New York, first felt God’s call on his life to serve in “large, diverse ...