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Rachel Schmoyer

3 Children’s Ministry Hacks for Church Plants

As a church plant, you are in the building stages of every aspect of church life including ministry to children. Here are three ways to minister to children in Sunday morning worship when you don’t have a fully developed children’s ministry yet. 1. Provide a children’s sermon. Early in our Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 3 months3 months ago

Digital Media and Church Planting

When Dan Hoffstetter was preparing to launch Redeemer BFC in Topton, PA just one year ago, he included on his launch team a person who can manage and update the social media accounts for the church plant. The social media manager takes pictures during church events to share on Facebook Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 4 months4 months ago

Sports and Church Planting: A Perfect Team

When Church Planter Tim Zuck was investigating a possible church plant near Easton, PA in Forks Township, they discovered that sports was going to be key in reaching people in the community. Tim Zuck coached teams for kids and he and his wife, Tori, intentionally got to know the families Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 5 months5 months ago

How Does a Church Planter Spend His Time? Time Management for Church Planters

A church planter has so many tasks to do in order to plant the church. Meet new people, follow up with contacts, prepare Bible studies and sermons, look for a meeting location, train leaders. As a church planter, you will need to learn time management. Making a plan for your Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 7 months7 months ago

Coffeehouse Connections in Chestertown: Ed Sadler’s Church Plant Story

Ed doesn’t like coffee, but that didn’t stop him from being a regular at Play It Again, Sam, a coffee shop in Chestertown, MD. He had a standing lunch date at the coffee shop with his then-pastor from the Church of the Nazarene. They ate their food and had animated Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 8 months8 months ago

Meet Church Planting Intern in DELMARVA: Andrew Lintner

My name is Andrew, my wife is Jacqueline, and with our little girl Eliana on her way in July we are the Lintners. I was born in Cambodia, adopted into a Christian American family, and then brought over to the United States by the age of three. I spent my Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 8 months8 months ago

Ministering to Sexual Abuse Survivors in the Church Plant

Twice a year the church planters come together to get practical and biblical training on the issues they face as church planters. This Training Day was focused on ministering to sexual abuse survivors and preventing sexual abuse in the church. Author, speaker, and survivor Lisa Radcliff shared about the importance of the church Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 8 months8 months ago

Church Planting Internship

Do you feel God is possibly leading you to church planting, but you need a chance to try it out? Do you want some hands-on experience with church ministry in a church planting context? Are you studying for church ministry and need an internship? Church Extension Ministries is looking for Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 9 months9 months ago

How to Get Volunteers in Your Church Plant

Every year, the Bible Fellowship Church church planters gather for a Roundtable Discussion day. The church planters bring real situations for which they need wisdom and ask the other church planters to share their thoughts and suggestions. One of the topics discussed at this year’s Roundtable Discussion day was how Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 11 months11 months ago

Woodbury Heights, Thompson, Dauphin: An Update on Three Former Mission Churches

One day I answered the phone in the Church Extension Office. The woman on the other end of the line had a quick question which I answered. Then she asked, “Whatever happened to the mission churches we used to hear about, mission churches like Woodbury Heights, NJ and Thompson, CT Read more…

By Rachel Schmoyer, 12 months12 months ago

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