Category: NAMB

5 Essentials for Church Planting Couples

Kurt Abel August 29, 2023 No Comments

Over the course of one year, my husband and I welcomed our first baby, adopted two children from Ukraine, and moved from Kentucky to South Carolina to plant a church. [...]

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4 Ways Church Planting Reflects the Ongoing Work of the Body of Christ

Kurt Abel August 22, 2023 No Comments

Church planting is as old as the church. The early Christians planted numerous churches according to the strategic plan given by Jesus in the Great Commission. They planted in Jerusalem [...]

5 Ways Your Suburban Church Can Make a Difference in Church Planting Tomorrow

Kurt Abel August 15, 2023 No Comments

I’ve spent the last 24 years serving a church in San Jacinto, California’s big, bad, beautiful city. Our church is nestled between the twin cities of Riverside and Palm Springs, [...]

Embracing Growth – The Vitality of Suburban Church Planting

Kurt Abel August 15, 2023 No Comments

In the ever-changing landscape of today’s modern world, the significance of churches and their role in communities cannot be underestimated. Urban centers are continuing to expand, and the suburbs have [...]

Lead Pastor or Lead Missionary? Understanding Context in an Urban Environment

Kurt Abel August 8, 2023 No Comments

I have lived in Santa Cruz, Orange, and San Diego Counties – all quintessentially Californian. However, my recent move to Los Angeles County has prompted me to reevaluate cultural context [...]

What Does it Mean to “Be California”?

Kurt Abel August 1, 2023 No Comments

I’ve lived in the Golden State for two years now and I have lost count of how many times I have heard “He (or she) is California!” At first, I [...]

Leading in the face of opposition

Sarah M. Graham May 30, 2023 No Comments

If we live our lives in a way that points people to God and we seek to constantly move closer to Him, there will be opposition. We don’t have to [...]

5 Keys of Effective Vision-Casting

Sarah M. Graham May 2, 2023 No Comments

Do you see yourself as a vision-casting leader? Do you have ideas that could become something if you could just convince your team or congregation to participate? “Leadership is influence,”[1] [...]

How Annie Armstrong inspires us to give

Sarah M. Graham March 28, 2023 No Comments

LOSTNESS. 281 million in North America – staggering – true. What can YOU or me, one person, do? A lot. You and I make a difference when we each PRAY [...]

Executive Director March 2023 Report

Sarah M. Graham March 7, 2023 No Comments

Hello CSBC Family – In the last month, we’ve seen some great things in California as we’ve partnered with NAMB’s Send Network as Send Network California. I recently had the [...]