I recently sat down with Jacob Salguero, a Gen Z creative and youth pastor whose work focuses on helping churches understand the next generation. We recorded our conversation via Zoom specifically to help pastors like you understand how to reach Gen Z. Gen-Z Sees Following Jesus as Edgy From Millennials to Gen-Z: A Shift in […]
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Are you a pastor hoping to fill your pews and build a vibrant church community? When I met Pastor Joe Angelo, he and his family were about to leave everything they knew behind and move from the Midwest to southern California to plant Vivid Church. They drained their savings and stepped out in faith, trusting
Discover how Pastor Roberson Pier and his team built Freedom City Church — the largest church plant in New England — by obeying God’s call, doing the hard work, building systems, and using smart marketing. Learn the key lessons for church planters and how ChurchCandy’s digital strategy can help you reach more people.
When I first sat down with Pastor Pradeepan Jeeva, I expected to hear a typical church‑planting story—fundraising, volunteers, maybe a few creative outreach ideas. What I got instead was an incredible journey that started with Sri Lankan Hindu refugees and wound up in the heart of Seattle, one of the most un‑churched cities in America. Pradeepan grew
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When I sat down with Pastor Derrick Hawkins for the ChurchCandy podcast, I knew we weren’t just recording another episode. We were documenting a miracle. Derrick planted Promise City Church in Salisbury, North Carolina and saw 950 people show up on their very first Sunday. That kind of turnout doesn’t happen by accident—it’s the result
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I recently had the privilege of sitting down with my friend and namesake, Brady Shearer (founder of Pro Church Tools), to talk about what every church planter needs to know about social media. Why Church Plants Need a Social Strategy When you’re planting a church, the work never stops. You’re building a launch team, raising
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I met Pastor Brandon Holmes in 2022 through Facebook Messenger as he was preparing to launch Promise Co. Church in Waco. He wanted to reach people who’d never set foot in church, and the way he did it changed how we think about outreach. They were among the earliest churches to try out our “Coffee
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When I sat down with Pastor Ken Bennett from Connect Church in Plano, he told me how their church grew from 150 to over 600 using Facebook ads and why they’re now preparing for a third service. I’ve worked with Pastor Ken for months now through ChurchCandy. I’ve seen firsthand how he leads with intentionality,
When I sat down with Pastor Sherman Dumas from Kingdom Culture, he told me how 60% of their guests came from Facebook ads, and why they had to turn away 100 people on opening Sunday. He first heard about ChurchCandy at a pastor’s conference and decided to try a different kind of outreach. What happened
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Michael Whittle started in ministry at 14 and eventually helped plant a church while launching tech companies on the side. That mix of ministry and entrepreneurship eventually led to something unexpected: the birth of Pulpit AI. From Broken Startups to a Viral Idea Michael tells me Pulpit AI wasn’t part of some master plan. “We
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