by Josie Barton | Dec 6, 2019 | All, Children Matter, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, East Region, Generosity, Media Resources - GIVING CAMPAIGNS, Midwest Region, Missional, Never Plant Alone, Northeast Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting, West Region
Newlyweds and recent Air Force Academy graduates, Zane and Taylor Moxley, believe in Stadia’s mission for every child to have a church. Zane says, “Every child should have an opportunity to hear about the same grace and salvation that Taylor and I have had the...
by Josie Barton | Nov 19, 2019 | All, Discipleship, East Region, Missional, Networks, Never Plant Alone, South Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
Missional My name is Tracy Tooley, and I’m the Lead Pastor for reGeneration Church in Huntington, WV. If you would have told me 27 years ago that I would be married to an amazing Godly woman, the father of two great boys, and the lead pastor of an incredible church, I...
by Josie Barton | Oct 25, 2019 | All, Anniversary, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Missional, Never Plant Alone, Northeast Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
Missional When we launched Axis Church in 2009, we started it with the crazy idea of being a church that would actually follow the most basic command of Jesus to “go make disciples, baptize and teach them” (Matthew 28:19-20 paraphrase). We were motivated to change the...
by Josie Barton | Oct 15, 2019 | All, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Missional, Never Plant Alone, Northeast Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
Will’s story As the door closed, his chest tightened with anxiety. These Friday mornings had been difficult for Will, and this first Friday in February was no different. He struggled to leave his son Pierce with his ex-wife for the weekend. He turned around, walked...
by Josie Barton | Jul 26, 2019 | All, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Generosity, Missional, Movements, Never Plant Alone, Stadia Blog, Urban Church Planting, US Church Planting
Hi, my name is Matt Thomas. I am a pastor and a church planter in a specific place that most would not think about planting a church – in a state prison. Due to my behavior, a horrible drug addiction, and a series of bad choices, I found myself sentenced to...
by Josie Barton | Jul 22, 2019 | All, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Missional, Never Plant Alone, South Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
How do you know if you and your church are “successful”? And what does success mean anyway? Bridges Church is a 11.5 year old Stadia church plant in Winston-Salem, NC and for the first 4 years we grew by 10% per year. I thought we were being successful based solely on...
