From the category archives:

Church Planting

A Group Of Early Pioneers

February 6, 2010

As I continue my time with the Newfrontiers Midwest churches , I am reminded of the old-time pioneers.  They would load up their family in a wagon and head out to where no-one they knew had gone before.  Eager to put down a stake as a marker and claim the ground, some of the old [...]

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INTERVIEW – Jeremy Simpkins

January 31, 2010
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On my recent visit to northern England, I was able to interview the leader of the Newfrontiers North team. I was deeply impressed with what I saw and heard during the day as his team of around 100 people gathered. God is doing a great work in the North of England and many healthy [...]

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Interview With “Bones” A Pastor From Zimbabwe

November 6, 2009

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a soft spot for this troubled African country. It was where my wife grew up for a start. Also, who cannot feel compassion for this nation which should be one of the wealthiest in Africa and yet faces abject poverty?
What amazes me is the way God [...]

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Are You Allergic To Strategy? Guest Post By Matt Sweetman

September 6, 2009

Its the turn of a church planter in Chicago today to guest blog for me:
In Newfroniters we talk a lot about church planting. It’s a core value. We spend a lot of money on it. We give away our best people to it. Family members move hundreds and thousands of miles away from each other [...]

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Nigel Ring on How He Serves Terry Virgo

September 4, 2009

Every leader needs a Nigel. I first met him and his wife many years ago as he will mention in todays guest post about how he has helped in the work of Newfrontiers:
At the recent Newfrontiers TOAM Conference I felt God prompt me to testify at the end of Joel Virgo’s talk about being [...]

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Love Truth and Power. Guest Post From Andrew Fountain

September 2, 2009

Andrew is a dear friend of mine and leads Newlife Church Toronto. He blogs at In Christ. Andrew has an interesting story in that he was principal of Toronto Baptist Seminary when the “Toronto blessing” hit. Circumstances seemed to conspire to force him into making a choice between his reformed heritage and a charismatic experience. [...]

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Guinness and Church Planting. A Guest Post From David Capener

September 1, 2009

Today its the turn of a friend of mine who is a church planter in Northern Ireland:
So there was I, sitting in my favorite bar in Belfast observing the pure loveliness that is an untouched pint of Guinness, thinking about the last six months of my life. Six months that have seen me, my [...]

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Dave Devenish On Newfrontiers Missionary Work

July 20, 2009

This video is an interview with Dave Devenish On Newfrontiers Missionary Work. We in Newfrontiers are convinced Church planting is the best way to fulfill the Great Commission. Newfrontiers is taking this seriously all over the world. In this interview Dave Devenish explains what is happening in the parts of the world he [...]

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Dave Stroud On Church Planting

July 14, 2009

This video was recorded in exhibition area of the recent conference. Newfrontiers is ramping up its church planting efforts, watch and learn more about how. If it whets your appetite to find out more, do pop over to http://www.ukchurchplanting.org/ for more information or read Dave’s new book.
Dave Stroud’s book is called “Planting Churches, Changing [...]

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Be The 200th Prayer Partner For Newfrontiers Chicago Churchplant

May 29, 2009

My new friend Matt Sweetman is leading the Newfrontiers Chicago Church plant. He has 197 prayer partners for this exciting venture. Will you be 200th? Or, as he is new to Chicago, if you live there or have friends who do, he wants to meet with as many residents one on [...]

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Acts29 Boot Camp in London This June

April 25, 2009

London Boot Camp

Tuesday, June 09, 2009, 10:00 AM – Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 4:00 PM.

To register, go HERE.
Other Acts 29 Boot Camps and mp3s of past events are also available.

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Why Cities Matter – Tim Keller

March 1, 2009

VIDEO now available here:Tim Keller – The City from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.
During Tim Keller’s second session with Newfrontiers he spoke on the importance of cities.
Cities are strategic and have lots of people yet they are poorly served by the Church. Disporportionately important and disproportionately underepresented in terms of ministry. This is not to [...]

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US City No. 94 – A Rochester Church

December 10, 2008

UPDATE #2It turns out that unbeknownst to this ignorant Brit, there are TWO Rochesters in the USA. One is Rochester, New York—the 94th largest city in the USA. However, as of now, no Newfrontiers church has been planted in Rochester, New York. The other city of Rochester is located in New Hampshire and while it [...]

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Newfrontiers London Churches

December 8, 2008

London is by far the largest city in the UK, and depending on how you define a city, it’s either the largest or second largest in the EU. In keeping with how I’ve been listing churches in America’s biggest cities, I thought I’d share today a list of Newfrontiers churches that have their meeting places [...]

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