Listen Now

Subscribe to The Fully Funded Church PodcastiTunes | Stitcher | RSS On this episode of The Fully Funded Church Podcast we listen in on Pastor Benji Kelley from Newhope Church in North Carolina. During this episode he shares about some of the nuances of funding the vision of a multisite church. This episode is ideal for a church leaders in multisite churches that are facing funding challenges and want some practical help for seeing their vision, fully funded! Pastor Benji gives us an inside look at  how they tackled those issues in their church! Episode Highlights: 00:30 // Rich welcomes Benji Kelley, from Newhope Church in NC 00:53 // Newhope started 12 years ago in the Kelley's home 01:40 // Newhope went multisite in 2010 and are now at 8 campuses  02:30 // Rich urges other churches to learn from Newhopes clear vision: Reach, Teach and Release 03:32 // Newhope as begun a second campaign because they are out of space and currently at 4 services at their central campus 04:55 // Benji wants to not only raise money, but wants to raise the spiritual health of Newhope 07:15 // Newhope had to think 'globally' about the campaign now that they are multisite 08:27 // Newhope is currently dripping campaign information to key leaders 09:25 // Rich observes that Newhope is in doing the 'spade work' in preparation for the fall campaign 10:29 // Newhope's second campaign looks very different from it's first thanks to the involvement of ISS 12:09 // Benji encourages other leaders to trust God to do a big thing because He wants to reach his kids Episode Transcript: Rich - Alright, well welcome to the Fully Funded Church Podcast.  Thanks so much for listening in.  My name's Rich Birch, your host around these parts.  I'm so glad that you decided to spend some time with us today.  Today we have Benji Kelley the senior pastor of Newhope Church, in North Carolina.  Benji's a great leader.  We are in for a real treat today.  I'm excited to hear about what's happening.  Hey Benji, welcome to the show. Benji - Hey, it's great to be here Rich.  Thanks for having me. Rich - So glad to have you.  Benji, why don't you tell us a little bit about your church.  Give us a sense of Newhope.  Benji - Sure. It's a 12 year old church.  My wife an I started it 12 years a go in our home here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  With our three kids.  And we recently just celebrated 12 years as a church that started, like I said in Chapel Hill, near the University of North Car

Subscribe to The Fully Funded Church PodcastiTunes | Stitcher | RSS On this episode of The Fully Funded Church Podcast we listen in on Pastor Brian Grow from First Christian Church in Dyersburg, TN.  Listen in as Pastor Brian talks about how his church responded to having a debt issue that they needed to deal with. You'll be encouraged to hear how the church managed this situation and the results that came out of it! Today's episode is packed full of helpful tips and insightful encouragement for church leaders looking to help their churches be fully funded! Episode Highlights: 00:45 // Brian talks about First Christian Church02:04 // First Christian faced two giants: outgrowing kids ministry and debt03:15 // What can your debt payment be doing for the community?03:44 // Brian relates his churches story to Moses05:24 // Without a vision people perish. But without the resources, the vision perishes. - John Maxwell06:32 // Cut the budget? Teach on finances? Fundraising? ISS?08:35 // The effect the campaign had on the leadership culture at First Christian10:10 // Brian shares what he sees as the reasons for leadership increase during the campaign10:18 // Vision leaks11:18 // Followed the ISS Biblical process to the 't'12:12 // Campaign goal was beyond the church so they had to rely on God13:35 // Pulling out all the stops for Epic Events14:53 // The senior leader should focus vision casting on leaders15:30 // Pray specifically, strategically and creatively17:29 // First Church was 22% of the way in to the campaign and is at 36% of the goal19:15 // Is the campaign about dollars or changed lives? Episode Transcript: Rich - Well welcome to the Fully Funded Church Podcast. We are so thankful that you have decided to spend some time with us today. On the show today we've got Brian Grow all the way from Tennessee at First Church. And we are excited to have you on the show Brian. Thanks for joining us. Brian - I am thrilled to be here. Rich - Hey Brian why don't we start with you giving us a sense of your church, your background. What's happening there? Brian - Well, First Christian is right in the middle of the Bible Belt. So when I came here, I've only been here about two years, I thought what kind of an opportunity is there going to be. Everyone goes to church. Everyone's got a Bible. Everyone loves each other. But that's not necessarily the case. But in coming here, our church is really known in the community as the outreach church. Somebody when I came s