Church Development Resources
Ten Dynamic New Faith Communities
Discover God at work in ten new church developments who are passionate about sharing Jesus and serving their communities.
Raising up Leaders video
Video length: 5:32
In exploring together how larger churches can help to empower smaller, neighboring congregations, Bedford Central Presbyterian Church and Duryea Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., discovered an exciting new way to grow Christ’s church deep and wide by sharing resources for ministry. Key among those resources are the church’s leaders, especially Ted Hickman, a financial management executive and a ruling elder at Bedford Central, who heard God’s call to go deeper into ministry by supplying Duryea’s pulpit. Hickman, a Commissioned Ruling Elder, has been instrumental in helping to turn the small, fragile Duryea church around. Not …
‘God Calls’ video
Elmer Floyd is co-pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Indialantic, Florida. He feels God is calling him to plant a new church in a community which he drives through every day.
Effective Evangelism
This handout is from David Loleng's "Effective Evangelism" presentation at the 2010 New Church Development Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida August 10-12.
Living The Vision: Health, Vitality, and Growth in African American Congregations
The visioning and planning process in this booklet is intended to motivate and help church leaders get started in the process of developing a vision and plan for growth of their congregation, provide a few resource papers to increase the effectiveness of ministries in African-American churches/communities and encourage leaders to make a deeper commitment to spiritual growth. This booklet will also help the church to meet the challenge of reaching the unchurched and minister to many different racial and ethnic groups in the new millennium.