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Why Your Church’s Instagram Won’t Make Disciples

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We’ve optimized the wrong metric. American churches have spent the last decade chasing engagement—likes, shares, impressions—while actual discipleship has flatlined. The Barna Group reports that only 25% of self-identified Christians regularly read their Bible, and church attendance has dropped below 50% for the first time in American history. Yet our social media feeds are polished, […]

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57 Conversions in 2 Years: What New River Fellowship Teaches Us About Church Planting

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Chan Kilgore has seen a lot in nearly 25 years of ministry. But he’s never seen anything like what’s happening at New River Fellowship in Fort Lauderdale. “I haven’t seen anything like it in the amount of time we’ve experienced,” Kilgore says. “The kind of conversions we’re seeing are undeniably a work of God.” The

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Why Some Church Plants Multiply While Others Stagnate

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Fifty-seven people came to faith in Christ in under two years. That’s not a conference statistic. That’s New River Fellowship in Fort Lauderdale—a church plant where Chan Kilgore, a veteran of nearly 25 years in ministry, says he’s seen conversions unlike anything in his lifetime. ‘The kind of conversions we’re seeing are undeniably a work

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Why Most Church Plants Fail (And How to Build One That Multiplies)

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Every year, thousands of pastors dream of planting a church. They write vision statements, raise support, scout locations, and launch with excitement. Then, five years later, over 50% of those churches have closed their doors or plateaued into irrelevance. What’s going wrong? And more importantly—what’s the biblical alternative? The Copy-Paste Problem Jeff Hoglen, a veteran

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The Generation Everyone Gave Up On Is Finding Jesus

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For years, the panic was palpable. Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—was leaving the church in unprecedented numbers. They were the ‘nones,’ the disaffiliated, the spiritually indifferent. While Millennials asked questions about faith, Gen Z seemed to shrug and scroll past. But something unexpected is happening on university campuses across America. The Silence Is

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