Starting Churches That Don’t Look Like Churches

In the aftermath of COVID and the social unrest of the past three years, churches have—at best—lost only 15% of their pre-COVID numbers. In many cases, church attendance is down 30-50% or more from 2019. At the same time, we have seen a precipitous rise in the number of churches closing or merging with other congregations. Does anyone still question the need for new churches? Of course, we always need new churches, but we do not need more of what we have had. We need new churches that reimagine what it looks like to be the people of God in an increasingly secular and post-Christian world. Therein lies the challenge! Will established churches seek to start new kinds of churches—churches that perhaps won’t even look like churches to them but embody the Gospel in their communities in unfamiliar ways?

A part of our series Intersection: Where Theology and Practice Meet, this particular webinar took place on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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Special Guest: Tod Vogt

Tod Vogt is the executive director of Mission Alive, a missional church planting ministry with a focus on starting new, innovative churches in marginalized communities. He is the co-author of Discipleship Cohorts: Listening to God through Scripture, Prayer and Mission and the co-author of Catalyze Coaching: Kenotic Conversations for Growth and Change. Tod holds an M.A. in communication and an M.Miss. in missions, both from ACU. He lives in McKinney, Texas, with his wife, Candace, who owns her own law firm. They have two adult children. Tod is an elder for the Greenville Oaks Church of Christ in Allen, Texas.

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