Category Archives: New Church

God’s Specialty

by Erik Hall planter of Barnegat Anew inBarnegat, New Jersey At our new church we meet a lot of folks who are, for all practical considerations, ‘unchurched’. They know very little about God, Jesus, and the church and even less … Continue reading

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Baptized into The Community of Faith

by Rev. Matt Johnson, Pastor of The Community UMC Arica is 24 years old and did not grow up in church. She works as the manager at a local bar where my team hangs out, and for a year we … Continue reading

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No One Eats Alone

by Philip Brooks Path 1 NCS Assistant I’ve shared communion in a number of places. Beside various church sanctuaries, I’ve been offered the elements on campuses, retreat lodges, in someone’s home, in the middle of the woods, on a boat dock, … Continue reading

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Butts in Seats

by Christian Coon Lead Pastor of Urban Village Church (Adopted from Coon’s own blog at Crammed with Heaven). I felt really good about the sermon I preached last Sunday and had a couple of very heartfelt compliments from people about it. After … Continue reading

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Active and Consistent Participation

by Doug Ruffle, Congregational Development Team Coordinator, Greater New Jersey Annual Conference (and Path 1 Team Northeastern Jurisdiction Representative) An oft repeated mantra in my world is that new church development serves as the “Research and Development” component for the … Continue reading

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Fitting Worship

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate A few years ago when our church was working with church consultant, Ken Callahan, I remember him explaining the concepts of comfortably full, comfortably empty, uncomfortably full and uncomfortably empty. It all has to … Continue reading

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Living a Life of Worship

by Lia McIntosh Pastor of Renaissance United Methodist Church As I write this blog I’ve just finished watching the YouTube video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” This one video has drawn over 18 million viewers in the past 4 … Continue reading

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