Church was never meant to be a spectator sport. Unfortunately, when we plant churches, we often turn Christians into cheerleaders whose only role is to clap or say “amen” during services. The ideal Christian in today’s church is measured by a just few things: their financial giving, attendance at Sunday services and perhaps small groups,…

Culture can be confusing but not insurmountable if we learn to adapt. Americans celebrate Christmas by decorating houses, lawns and trees. Brits eat plumb pudding. In Estonia, families gather in their saunas. Liberians decorate palm trees with bells. Ethiopians celebrate on January 7. So what’s this all about? I’ve been looking at a chart of…

Recently, we asked one of NewBreed’s top donors what motivates them to support our mission and ministry. We found their response enlightening and it motivates us too. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Matthew 6:21 In my late 20’s, God really brought conviction to me about not giving. Prior to…

As church leaders, we all want to serve and reach our communities, but the question is always: how can we best do that? Sometimes, we look to what other churches, in other cities, are doing and we take a page out of their books. We try to replicate what works well somewhere else. The problem…

Today, we’re so used to how church planting has been done over the past 10-20 years that we often don’t realize how different our methods are from the Christians of the first century. When the Apostle Paul planted churches, he didn’t do it as a solo sport. Paul catalyzed teams to plant churches, which is…

When most people hear the term “team leadership,” they misunderstand the term…at least the way NewBreed uses it. Usually, team leadership means something like the top dog listening to what others have to say. Or that subordinates have a high degree of ownership. Or even that you have a fun staff culture. True team leadership…