church planting

“We can’t outsource leadership development,” says Ewald Unruh, a church planting coach with Multiply. “It belongs in the local church.” In June 2019, Multiply – the mission agency formed after…

Running more than an hour past the scheduled end time, the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches dealt with funding shortfalls and major structural…

*Update* July 7, 2019 In June, the board of Multiply announced a shift in mission strategy in response to “a significant gap between expenses and revenue for North American church planting.” “Multiply…

Soul of the City is a collection of essays on the intersection of Christianity/church and Canadian cities.

A call to co-labour with the church in Germany MBH interviewed Alex Suderman, who with his wife Carla and four children, is beginning a FOCUS apprenticeship church planting in Germany…

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Elmer Stobbe may be long retired from his career as a professor of crop science at University of Manitoba – but he’s not letting any grass grow under his octogenarian…

Walking on our knees “Think about the possibilities of ICOMB.” – David Wiebe (newly retired executive director of ICOMB) Fighter jets and tanks. A blind preacher who takes pictures with…

Redeem everything “We’re making North America our eighth church planting region,” said Randy Friesen, MB Mission general director about the global mission agency’s merger with the Canadian MB church planting…

Calgary needs Jesus. The people of Urban Grace see the dense and diverse city as a place that Jesus loves deeply because of the people who live there: “We want…

“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my…

Is church planting only for large churches? North America is mesmerized by a mindset of bigger and better, influencing congregations to think only large churches can reproduce. In the book…

Title: Gutsy: (Mis)Adventures in Canadian Church Planting
Author: Jared Siebert
Gutsy is a follow-up on the churches/planters that were featured in a film documentary called One Size Fits All?: Exploring New and Evolving Forms of Church in Canada.

Fours years ago, Anthony Delaney and his leadership team had a bold building plan in place. However, they had a prayerful wrestle and decided a different path was in order…