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1. Megachurch Pastor Mike Glenn Sets Example for All Christians by Stepping Down

Read time: 3 minutes 9 seconds After more than three decades in service to Brentwood Baptist Church, Pastor Mike Glenn has come to the conclusion that God has something more for him and his family. ...

Created on 19 January 2023

2. Revival Sparks in Tampa Bay as Spirit-Filled Church Advances Through Adversity

The rise of Countryside Christian Church, Clearwater, Florida, as a Spirit-led base for healing, wholeness and resources to the local community provides a blueprint for how the Holy Spirit moves and hope ...

Created on 12 May 2021

3. 'God Is Opening Up Some Doors': Florida Church Buys Strip Club to Use as House of Worshi

A church in West Palm Beach, Florida, is purchasing a former strip club to use as a house of worship. Josh Mauney, pastor of NewSound Church in Wellington, calls the purchase of Double Dee's Ranch—a former ...

Created on 02 October 2019

4. Apostolic Church Planter Rick Seaward Reportedly Killed in Car Wreck

Apostolic leader and pastor Rick Seaward, whose Singaporean congregation has planted thousands of churches around the globe, has died in Brazil. The details of his death have yet to come to light, but ...

Created on 25 March 2018

5. North Korea Releases Video of Missionary Accused of Underground Church Planting

A South Korean missionary held in North Korea said he had committed crimes against the state in a bid to establish an underground church, according to video footage provided by the North's state news agency ...

Created on 27 February 2014

6. How Church Plants Led to a Historical High for the Assemblies of God

... of God (AG) is emerging from its first 100 years into a vibrant new era of accelerated impact. Thanks to the faithfulness of church planters and the resources provided to them through the AGTrust Matching ...

Created on 18 February 2014

7. Nigerian Pentecostals Hope to ‘Plant Churches Like Starbucks’ in US

European and American missionaries have traveled to Africa to spread the gospel, but a Nigerian pastor plans to do the opposite: build churches as numerous as Starbucks. Pastor James Fadele is a pastor ...

Created on 17 February 2014

8. How a New Kind of Evangelism Is Transforming Boston

Christians from the South and other areas have been pouring into Boston for decades, trying to make Christianity popular again in the lowest-churched region of America. The area is comprised of only 11 ...

Created on 05 February 2014

9. Will the Prayer Covering Prevent Terrorists From Attacking Sochi Olympics?

... both on church planting in the Winter Olympics host city and on outreach to Olympic competitors and guests from throughout the world. Earl Gillespie* is the other co-director of the project for the Feb. ...

Created on 27 January 2014

10. Despite Oppressive Regime, Cuba Church-Planting Movement Remains Strong

... Vueltas, 180 miles to the east, rural roads turned to mush, making it impossible to travel from surrounding villages into the city for the constitution of nine new churches. “But the Cuban church is resilient,” ...

Created on 16 December 2013

11. Kyle Searcy: Birthing a Church 101

... what God had in store. And He didn’t disappoint us! Last weekend, I spearheaded a new church in a different state. It reminded me of the exhilaration I experienced while waiting for our first child to ...

Created on 30 October 2013

12. Hillsong Church Will Expand to Los Angeles, Says Pastor Brian Houston

Hillsong Church founding pastor Brian Houston announced that the megachurch, which already has 11 congregations worldwide, will be starting a new church in Los Angeles. “God is good and His timing is perfect!” ...

Created on 11 September 2013

13. AG Missionaries Target Unreached People Groups in Latin America

... and the Caribbean, starting with their plans for connecting the existing local church with the often remote unreached people groups spread across the more than 20 countries in the region. For Nicholson, ...

Created on 08 August 2013

14. Mark Driscoll Plans Mars Hill Church Plant in Phoenix

Mark Driscoll, of Seattle-based Mars Hill Church, announced plans for a 16th regional church to be launched in Phoenix early next year. Driscoll introduced Pastor Ryan Welsh, who said he and his family ...

Created on 30 July 2013

15. God Turns Chinese Atheist Into Campus Bible Study Planter

... Pranny visited a church and experienced the Spirit of God filling her—the first time she spoke in tongues, she was overcome by the reality of God! The more she felt the presence of God, the bolder she ...

Created on 01 May 2013

16. OM Plants New Church in Kosovo

After weeks of prayers and preparations, Operation Mobilization Kosovo’s Peja team celebrated the dedication of their new church plant during a special service in February. Nineteen believers attended ...

Created on 20 April 2013

17. Brazilian Apostle Targets Houston for Next Megachurch

The apostle bellowed in Portuguese to a packed crowd in a rented Astoria, Queens, church. “Get out, spirit of death. Now you are burnt, now you are plucked out by my God!” A blood-curdling shriek rose ...

Created on 02 April 2013

18. AG Church Plants Invading Red Sox Land With Relevant Gospel

It has been said that planting a Pentecostal church in Boston (in New England) is almost as difficult as finding a Red Sox baseball fan cheering for the hated rival Yankees. Few familiar with the region ...

Created on 19 March 2013

19. Successful Church Planting Requires Both Passion and Planning

My wife, Joyce, and I planted our local church 29 years ago, Jan. 29, 1984, in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, N.Y. We were not sent out with any money and had only a handful of people who volunteered ...

Created on 15 March 2013

20. Could Cuba's Leadership Change Open Door to Gospel

... from the Castro regime that the church blossomed, Dyer notes. "The church has grown under the Castros, under persecution, under trying not to help the church grow. God has been providential over what has ...

Created on 06 March 2013