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Wounded Sheep, Wounded Shepherds: Lessons from Caring for those Hurt in the Church

In 2017, we moved to Bellevue, Washington, to plant Kalos Church. At the time we didn’t realize this area had been home to a major…

Pradeepan & Amreitha JeevaAugust 9, 2023 | 7 min read

ARC Updates

Inside the ARC with AVAIL Journal

We are excited to announce a collaboration between ARC and AVAIL Journal. AVAIL helps leaders in business and ministry refine the art of leadership in…

Lindsey HansenMay 23, 2023 | 2 min read

Weekend Experience

Walk A Mile in Your Guests’ Shoes

Who do you want to reach with your church plant? Hopefully, it is everyone who comes through the doors on a Sunday morning. But how…

Josh RoberieJune 16, 2021 | 2 min read

Outreach and Global Missions

Church Planter and Community Leader

I was with the newly elected mayor of Laurel on election night when a reporter asked him, “So, how do you feel now that you…

James Johnson-HillFebruary 19, 2021 | 4 min read

Personal Health

Are You Home Alone?

"We're watching this again?!" I thought as I came home to my wife and three girls soaking up Christmas classics. It was the fifth time…

Drew FreyderDecember 18, 2020 | 2 min read

Organization and Team Development

Recruiting in a Social Distance Reality

In this new environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic, church planters are learning that the way to home plate may not begin with first base.…

Josh RoberieOctober 1, 2020 | 3 min read

Systems

No One Remembers Easy

Lately I’ve been wondering if my wife, Gina, and I missed the segment at the ARC Conference titled “Church Startups While Social Distancing in Groups…

Neil GreathouseOctober 1, 2020 | 3 min read

Church Growth

Send Your Best

The biblical plan to reach people who are far from God and extend His Kingdom is clear and simple: Go into all the world and preach…

Dave PattersonSeptember 29, 2020 | 3 min read

Weekend Experience

Who Truly Cares About Your Church Launch?

If you’re launching a church, you’re very likely a healthy mix of called … and crazy. Church planting is hard work. It takes courage, leadership,…

Kevin DaughtryJuly 9, 2020 | 3 min read

Organization and Team Development

Developing Leaders for Church Planting and Beyond

You have heard the saying, ABC: Always be closing. In ministry the phrase should be ABD: Always be developing leaders (including recruiting leaders). When recruiting…

Josh RoberieApril 15, 2020 | 3 min read

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Planting Columns

Wounded Sheep, Wounded Shepherds: Lessons from Caring for those Hurt in the Church

Inside the ARC with AVAIL Journal

Walk A Mile in Your Guests’ Shoes

Church Planter and Community Leader

Are You Home Alone?

Recruiting in a Social Distance Reality

No One Remembers Easy

Send Your Best

Who Truly Cares About Your Church Launch?

Developing Leaders for Church Planting and Beyond

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