by Josie Barton | Mar 17, 2020 | Church Planting Resources, Discipleship, Missional, Movements, Networks, Never Plant Alone, Planter Care, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
This blog is part one of a two-part blog series about quick & effective ways to bring your various church ministries online – including small groups, recovery ministries, and Sunday School programs — in the age of coronavirus and beyond. How to Quickly...
by Josie Barton | Mar 12, 2020 | All, Children Matter, Discipleship, Family, Missional, Never Plant Alone, US Church Planting
Dr. Thomas & Debbie Jones Church Planting Impact Award Stadia Church Planting is excited to celebrate awarding Tom and Debbie Jones a new award named in their honor, the Dr. Thomas and Debbie Jones Church Planting Impact Award. The award was presented to the...
by Josie Barton | Mar 9, 2020 | All, Children Matter, Discipleship, Ecuador, Exponential, Generosity, Global Church Planting, Latin America, Media Resources - GLOBAL, Missional, Never Plant Alone, Stadia Blog
My Faith Grew Exponentially: MoNat and Connect Church Church Planting Connect Church & MoNat from Stadia Church Planting on Vimeo. If you weren’t able to join us at Exponential this year, we missed you! At our annual Celebration Dinner, we debuted this video...
by Josie Barton | Feb 19, 2020 | All, Church Planting Resources, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Missional, Multi-Site, Never Plant Alone, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
You Multiply Who You Are Multi-site is hard. Budgets get spread thin. More staff is needed. A lot of strategic decisions have to be made. Vision has to be communicated clearly and models have to be chosen. But, when it works, it works. New areas of a city are reached...
by Josie Barton | Feb 5, 2020 | All, Compassion, Discipleship, Global Church Planting, Latin America, Missional, Never Plant Alone, Southern Asia, Stadia Blog
You Matter You matter. A phrase that might bring up differing emotions, depending on who you ask. A phrase that evokes notions of identity, belonging, anger, hurt, longing, or indifference. What do you feel or think when you hear that? YOU matter. You have worth. You...
by Josie Barton | Jan 30, 2020 | All, Children Matter, Churches Planting Churches, Compassion, Discipleship, East Region, Exponential, Midwest Region, Missional, Never Plant Alone, Northeast Region, Stadia Blog, Stories of Transformation, US Church Planting, West Region
We Won’t Stop! I remember climbing into the flood-stage Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, VA on a surprisingly chilly May day to be baptized by Bret Koontz, associate pastor of the church I had just discovered. That church, Common Ground, was 7 months old at...