PCI Church Plants
Go Portable First
GO PORTABLE FIRST! Why Churches Should Go Portable First with Their Next and Maybe Every New Location by Jeff Beachum Launching a new campus is an exciting milestone for any church whether you’re multisiting or planting! But it can also be a significant financial and logistical challenge. While…
Read MoreWhere Should You Plant a Church?
Your church is blessed and has an abundance of volunteers and leaders who are driven to widen the reach of the gospel. Your church has been directed to plant a new church, but how do you determine where to plant a new church?
Read More5 Things Over 800 Pastors Say
We originally created this infographic a few years back. However, post-Covid… these things are more true than ever. As you make your plans… keep these time tested insights in your mind! I am grateful for the team at LifeWay Research and NewChurches for The State of Church Planting in the US report they released. At Portable Church…
Read MoreRe-Opening Checklist for Portable Churches
This post is specifically focused on what should be considered to reopen a church meeting in a portable setting. It’s a confusing time we live in now – especially if you are a leader in the church. Generally, leading is very real work. Specifically, leading during a time of pandemic is simply exhausting. Why? Because…
Read More23 Lessons from 12 Thriving Movie Theater Churches
We love helping churches get set up in movie theaters. They offer amazing benefits for sound and lighting, children’s areas and ministering to the community. We’ve posted before about the solutions we found for Valley Christian Church in Poughkeepsie, New York when they launched in a movie theater. That’s why we are delighted to share “23 Lessons…
Read MoreHow Portability is Helping Churches Unleash Their Creativity
[bctt tweet=”Creative God. Creative Church. It makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?” username=”portablechurch”] A portable church model has considerable advantages over a permanent church building – dramatically reduced costs, greater flexibility and better engagement with the community, to name a few. Well, there’s one little-known, but BIG plus point of being a portable church – creativity!…
Read MoreHow Unique Multisite Campuses Helped Red Rocks Church Attract 2,000 New Visitors In Three Months
The multisite church movement has grown and leaps and bounds! In 2014, over 5 million Americans worshipped at one of the 8,000 multisite churches every week. That was two years ago! These numbers have only increased since. The growing popularity of multisite campuses should come as no surprise, given that such churches have proven to…
Read MoreListen In On A Church That’s Rocking It With Church Volunteer Culture
We recently had a chance to spend time with Landon Kyker of Livingston Church in San Antonio, Texas. Kevin Jones of the Portable Church team talked with Landon about the volunteer culture he has established at his new church plant. Enjoy the conversation! Kevin: Alright. I am Kevin Jones from Portable Church Industries.…
Read MoreSchools Transforms to Worship Space
Christ the Rock Church in Memphis, TN made a huge leap this year. They left their permanent building and moved into a local Middle School to hold services. As many clients of Portable Church® Industries knows, it takes a small army of volunteers and the right equipment to transform a rented space into a dynamic church…
Read MoreSpotlight On: The Meeting House
The Meeting House, part of the Brethren in Christ, is a multi-campus church currently meeting in the Famous Players Silver City Theatres in the metropolitan Toronto area. Toronto, the fifth largest city in North America, is the cultural and business hub of Eastern Canada and home to over 7 million people. The Meeting House, located…
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