Tennessee church plant branches out on its own
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – It can be said that Hope Church is a plant that no longer needs to be watered.
Church planters say Annie Armstrong prayers fueled baptisms, new partnerships
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — There's no way they could've known what was coming.
Church Planting Emphasis Sunday: More churches needed to counter the secular tide
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Oscar Ortiz was not worried that his new church was still young, still growing. He and his congregation knew that their neighboring town of Loíza, Puerto Rico, needed a Gospel-preaching church.
Send Network Orientation prepares 170 church planting missionaries
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Among 170 church planters who attended Send Network’s most recent orientation held March 3-5, the missionaries represented 30 states and provinces throughout North America.
Church-planting sacrifices shared by the whole family
GLENDIVE, Mont. – When a pastor is called to a new place of ministry, he takes his family with him. That might not affect the toddlers in the family, but what about teenagers? What about the pastor’s wife?
Missouri family uproots to ‘work the soil’ in eastern Montana
GLENDIVE, Montana – This time, the emphasis on starting a church in Glendive is on raising up locals from the community.
Army Special Forces background comes in handy for Ohio church planter
BRUNSWICK, Ohio – Buck Wilford grew up in an Assembly of God church and accepted Christ at age 14. Soon, he sensed a call to ministry. But it would be almost 25 years before he pastored a church, and he would travel the world in the meantime. He would say it was all part of God’s plan.
Lifeway Research finds church closures eclipse openings
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The changing religious landscape in the United States includes a decline in the total number of Protestant and Southern Baptist churches.
‘The Spirit is moving’ in NYC, church planter says
DALLAS – TJ Stoudt, pastor of Harlem Community Church in New York, first felt God’s call on his life to serve in “large, diverse cities” when he served on staff at Waterfront Church in Washington, D.C., a church plant out of Southcrest Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas.
Send Network One Day events inspired, equipped thousands in 2025
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – To reach North America with the Gospel, churches need to raise up and send missionaries into cities, towns and communities who will engage their neighbors with the Gospel, make disciples and start new churches. In 2025, dozens of Send Network One Day events sought to foster a movement of churches to zero in on that task.
