Hearing & learning from UK based Church Planters & Leaders about their experiences with Church Planting/Leadership; equipping emerging leaders/planters with wisdom from those who have gone before them with lessons they've learnt along the way! Email: churchplantchat@gmail.com We can also be found on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram - simply type in @churchplantchat
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Send us a Text Message. Concluding the Journal of a Church Planter, Paul Pavlou shares the value he has found in journaling, reflecting with Helen Shannon on the importance of prayer for the planter. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video interview head to: https://ccx.org.…
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Send us a Text Message. 'Sunrises' sees Paul Pavlou share with Helen Shannon some of the uplifting moments of church planting, where the light of God has broken through in small, unexpected ways. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video interview head to: https://ccx.org.uk/c…
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Send us a Text Message. In 'Shadows', Paul Pavlou opens up on some of the tougher experiences in his church planting journey, and God's consistent faithfulness. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video interview head to: https://ccx.org.uk/course/journal-church-planter/?sessi…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Helen Shannon and Paul Pavlou reflect on how the process of planting saw Paul himself being shaped by God in ways he didn’t expect. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video interview head to: https://ccx.org.uk/course/journal-church-pl…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Paul Pavlou highlights the balance needed to put structures - or scaffolding - in place for planting, while staying attentive to God’s voice and being sensitive to others in a new context. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video inter…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Paul talks honestly on the challenges and doubts he experienced during his curacy, seeking to follow God’s call to plant. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video interview head to: https://ccx.org.uk/course/journal-church-planter/?ses…
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Journal of a Church Planter: 1) Setting the scene
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Helen Shannon introduces Paul Pavlou, discovering where Paul’s church planting journey began. To buy the book ‘Journal of a Church Planter’, go here: https://amzn.eu/d/9usfcjZ If you'd like to watch the video interview head to: https://ccx.org.uk/course/journal-church-planter/?session=1 Stay in touch over on…
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Send us a Text Message. This is the final episode of the Planting with Hayley mini series where we discuss the highs and lows of our planting journey so far.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting with Hayley: Being family on mission
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat about living life as Church Planters with young children. Together we explore some of the positives and challenges of this, working it out as we go along!By Paul Pavlou
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Planting with Hayley: Rhythm's & Relationships
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we discuss some of the rhythm's we've created out of stress points we've encountered in Church Planting. We also chat about how as we've changed, our relationships have changed too and we process what that's been like along the way.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. In Episode 2 of this mini series ‘Planting with Hayley’, we ‘externally process’ what it’s been and is like to lead together. We are very much working this out as we go and it seems to keep changing with each season we enter. It has proven to be challenging in many ways, and isn’t necessarily looking how we thought it would.…
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Planting with Hayley: Discerning the call
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Send us a Text Message. This is Episode 1 of our 'Planting with Hayley' mini series! In this mini series Paul and Hayley Pavlou unpack what their church planting journey has been like, but with a focus point on Hayley and her perspective as the spouse of a church planter. In this episode we are looking at the process of 'Discerning the call' to chu…
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Send us a Text Message. In this final episode of season 2, David Vincent unpacks the practise of prayer in the life of a planter and the church they are planting.By Paul Pavlou
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Church revitalisation planting with Andy Gardner
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Andy Gardner reflects on his time planting with Soul Survivor in years gone by as well as reflecting on what he is learning now in his current Church revitalisation project. He speaks into embracing the traditional with the modern forms of church services; God's view of success; being transformers of culture …
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Parenting & Planting: Rachel Turner (Parenting for faith)
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Send us a Text Message. Rachel Turner brings her expertise to the Podcast and shares pure wisdom into the topic of how we parent and disciple our children well as Church Planters/Leaders. We cover things from conversations round the breakfast table to how to structure our Sunday gatherings to enable effective intergenerational worship and community…
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Planting from an Archdeacon's perspective: Archdeacon Adam Atkinson
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Send us a Text Message. Archdeacon of Charing Cross, Adam Atkinson, unpacks his journey of church planting/revitalisation and how he helped one church embrace different traditions as part of their growing well together. Adam takes us through his learnings as a church planter and also as an Archdeacon and shares what excites him about ministry and w…
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Send us a Text Message. Matt Hooper opens up about his experiences in planting Kingdom Company Church with his wife Clare. Along with reflecting on some of the key leadership differences in planting verses his previous church experience, Matt lets us in to some of the things that challenge him in ministry on a day to day basis as a church planter.…
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Daniel Sih: Making space for the Spirit as we plant churches
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Send us a Text Message. Daniel Sih, Senior leader at Together Church in Hobart (Tasmania) talks about their journey throughout the Covid Pandemic and how after years of toiling and waiting God suddenly opened up a global opportunity to plant churches digitally around the world. In this episode Daniel discusses the pros and cons of technology within…
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Clare Hooper: Planting digitally & Kingdom Company Church
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Clare Hooper (who amongst many other things) has planted Kingdom Company Church with her husband Matt. Their plant, like all church plants, has a unique story and incredible digital beginnings through Instagram!By Paul Pavlou
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Alex Rayment: Penny Lane Church, the story so far...
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Alex Rayment shares with us the journey Penny Lane Church Plant has been on since June 2020 to present day in June 2021! Within the episode Alex covers a range of experiences and shares fantastic stories of God at work in his own life, as well as the life of the church and all the connections from his testimo…
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Bella Mutevelian: What is it like to join a church plant?
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat with Bella about 'what is is like to join a Church Plant'! Bella unpacks: the challenges that come with moving out of your comfort zone and going from a large Resource church to a brand new Church Plant discipling your kids when there's no kids work set up yet the growth spurt in her own discipleship …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat to Tom Allsop who with his wife Abi have recently left one church plant (Catch the Fire London - which they helped to plant) in order to plant a new church (Catch the Fire 3 Rivers). Within the episode Tom shares his experiences with the first plant and dives into planting for a second time too! Here …
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Minister Madge Obaseki: Healthy church planting
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Send us a Text Message. In this Special Guest episode we speak to Minister Madge Obaseki. Minister Madge is an ordained minister and CEO of 'Grow the Church now'. She is known as the Healthy Church Growth advocate. Madge works in churches small & medium no matter the denomination in USA & UK, travelling to speak at events on church leadership on he…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we are chewing over a few questions on leadership, primarily leadership in a Church Planter's world using the following questions: What leadership lessons have we learnt from Lockdown? How is Church Planting leadership different? Who does a Planter need to be? Has leadership become an idol in the church? Wher…
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Send us a Text Message. The start of Season 2 is here! Join Paul & Malcolm as they tell us a bit about who they are, what's happened since Season 1, the vision for Season 2, and what we can look forward to in upcoming episodes. We also spend a little bit of time hearing about a key distinction between leadership in Church Planting, compared to othe…
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Planting from a Bishop's perspective - Bishop Ric Thorpe
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Send us a Text Message. Bishop Ric is responsible for the London Diocesan goal of creating 100 New Worshipping Communities by 2020 and also works nationally to support other dioceses to plant new churches. Previously, Bishop Ric was the Bishop of London’s Adviser for Church Planting and the Rector of St Paul’s Shadwell. In this episode Bishop Ric a…
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Planting: Evangelism & Witness - Chris Russell
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Send us a Text Message. Chris Russell speaks to us on the importance of equipping the church to be faithful witnesses, the learning that can be done between the established church & church plants and how the local church has the power to bring transformation to their communities.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. Phil Kingham discusses: how we need to lead with God's ideas rather than our own; working with the people God has given; leading our of our comfort zone; the importance of a diverse team and the pros and cons of leading a multi-cultural church.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, recently retired Executive Pastor Andrew Harris, from C3 Church Cambridge, shares his experience and journey to church planting and some of his time at C3. He unpacks the weight of ones calling into ministry and how that has the power to release us into the life God has purposed us with.…
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Planting: Lead yourself first! - Jon March
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we get personal! Jon March opens up about his experience and trials faced in waiting to plant a church, the battles that went with it and learning to lead now in a different season of leadership. But in the midst of it all, having the ability to lead himself through each leadership change has kept him running…
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Planting: Review-Renew-Resource-Reach - Rich Johnson
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Rich Johnson discusses what its like to lead a Resource Church and how the church (as a whole) during this CV-19 season is going through an accelerated period of reviewing its structures and the exciting renewal & reach that can potentially come out of it!By Paul Pavlou
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Planting with IMPACT - Malcolm Gray
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Send us a Text Message. Malcolm Gray, a church planting missionary in Thailand - now National leader of WEC-UK in Coventry, shares wisdom on leadership topics such as: success vs failure, impact vs production, planting as a catalyst, quality vs quantity in discipleship and the importance of knowing the culture & context of the mission field you're …
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Planting: Relationship trumps Strategy - Stu Plumb
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Send us a Text Message. Stuart Plumb shares his leadership experience in revitalising a church in London. Hear about his experiences, lessons learnt, ups & downs as he traverses through his leadership journey of enabling change in this church graft project!By Paul Pavlou
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Planting with a good team - Helen Shannon
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Send us a Text Message. Helen talks about church planting on a North London Estate relationally with core values that empower people to be discipled right from the start. She also discusses what to look for in Core Team members and the importance of Character over gifting.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting: A Leadership Journey - John Coles
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Send us a Text Message. John Coles talks about his own experience of renewal through an outpouring of the Holy Spirit and how that shaped his leadership and ministry over the years.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting back when it wasn't fashionable - Mike Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. Mike Pavlou tells us about the journey from street trader to church planter. He talks to us about the power of God's call and working with the resources God has given us, even if we don't feel equipped for the task ahead. A truly remarkable story of the Holy Spirit bringing growth even when we don't anticipate it on a human …
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Planting lessons from the past - David McDougall
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Send us a Text Message. David McDougall reflects on years of church planting in London and how he has taken lessons from there to lead a church now that is planting churches across the City of Milton Keynes.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting as part of something bigger - Matt Beer
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Send us a Text Message. Matt Beer hones in on the importance of being part of something bigger when it comes to church and the work of the Holy Spirit. As he embarks, six months into his church planting journey, he shares the experience so far and what it looks like planting a Resource church from scratch. PS - apologies for the audio delay about 2…
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Send us a Text Message. Paul Harcourt - National leader of New Wine and leader of All Saints Woodford Wells dives into the importance of following our own unique call and how that carries us through the battle of comparison.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting empowers the Local Church - Matt Hogg
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Send us a Text Message. Matt Hogg encourages us with the reminder that God uses the local church to transform lives, and planting is essential to create the catalyst for this empowerment!By Paul Pavlou
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Planting SAS: He who dares wins - Henry Kendal
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Send us a Text Message. Henry discusses the journey to becoming a church that plants churches and that plants people across the globe. A key ingredient to this being RISK and trusting the Holy Spirit.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting past & Pioneering future - Simon Kirby
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Send us a Text Message. Simon Kirby walks us through his leadership experience from a pioneering fresh expressions church plant he led years ago, through to how God has called him to create a church now that seeks to send out pioneers to plant more churches around the UK and abroad.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting a different kind of Resource Church - James Treasure
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Send us a Text Message. James Treasure discusses what its like planting a Resource church that bucks the trend and doesn't fit the mould. Hear about how he and his team have contextualised the DNA of church planting and resourcing to an area that faces deprivation in order to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ.…
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Planting Planters: What it takes - Richard Wightman
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Send us a Text Message. Richard Wightman lays out what is needed in a person to be a church planter. As he talks about the 'requirements' for the role he also unpacks what is required from the church sending the planter and their team out into the mission field and the necessity for the relationship between the two to be maintained throughout.…
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Send us a Text Message. Tony McGinley shares the incredible events of the Holy Spirit leading him and his family to live on a new housing estate which ended being the foundation for where they would plant a church. A story filled with God's fingerprints from start to finish.By Paul Pavlou
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Planting & knowing your context - Cris Rogers
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Send us a Text Message. Cris Rogers talks about how knowing your context prior to planting is an absolute must. In order to reach people we need to understand them, their history and the culture of the area they live in.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. Jonny Dade gets real about what it's like taking a church plant team into an existing church in order to bring change and revitalisation. Hear about the trials, cultural differences and the encouragement and the fruit of coming together as a team.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. Rich Atkinson encourages us to pray as we go out to fulfil our calling and church plant. In this episode he reminds us of how essential and powerful prayer is, especially when it comes to planting a church.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. Ben Thorpe opens up the essential requirement of Obedience when church planting. Threaded throughout this theme he unpacks the journey he and his family have been on in setting up a church on a new housing estate in Milton Keynes.By Paul Pavlou
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Send us a Text Message. Greg Willson vulnerably shares his story of suffering, out of which God led him to plant a church here in the UK. A wonderful story of God bringing good out of bad and calling His people to places they wouldn't have expected.By Paul Pavlou
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