by Josie Barton | Feb 17, 2020 | All, Bloom, Bloom Podcast, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Church Planting Resources, Discipleship, Never Plant Alone, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
Bloom Podcast Packs a Punch I have fallen in love with the medium of podcasting. Like books and blogs, podcasts cover a large variety of topics. Do you like cats? Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Do you enjoy murder mysteries that involve cats? There’s a podcast episode...
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 | Feb 4, 2020 | All, Church Planting Resources, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Exponential, Never Plant Alone, South Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
From A Certain Point of View Over the past few years I have been asked to be on many different stages in front of many different people. No matter what you are asked to do, it’s always an honor that others would want you to be leading in some capacity from the stage....
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...
by Josie Barton | Jan 29, 2020 | All, Discipleship, Never Plant Alone, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
The Top of the List As I write, I’m preparing to travel for a week for work. There’s laundry to be folded, outfits to be prepared (for the kids, not for me!), and bags to pack. I know that coming out of this weeklong trip will be months of...
by Josie Barton | Jan 24, 2020 | All, Churches Planting Churches, Discipleship, Movements, Multi-Site, Networks, Never Plant Alone, South Region, Stadia Blog, US Church Planting
Church planting is the most effective way to share the Good News of Jesus with people all around the world. But did you know that planting a church isn’t always starting something from nothing? Starting church campuses is also a great way to plant new churches...
