The Latest Church Planting News: Multiplication Is Still Moving

If you have been wondering what is happening right now in church planting, microchurches, small churches, and multisite ministry, the answer is simple: multiplication is still moving. Across the United States, Canada, and around the world, the conversation is not slowing down. It is becoming clearer, broader, and more practical.

In the United States, church planting networks are still gathering, training, and mobilizing leaders at scale. The 2026 Church Multiplication Network conference in Houston brought together more than 2,000 attendees and emphasized the importance of reaching people one by one, while Send Network reported that 170 church planters from 30 states and provinces attended its March 2026 orientation. Those are not signs of retreat. Those are signs of movement.

At the same time, the multisite conversation is continuing to mature. For years, some leaders treated multisite and church planting as if they were competing ideas. That is no longer the dominant tone. Exponential recently highlighted how Summit Church’s multisite system helped develop leaders and fuel church planting beyond its own campuses. In other words, multisite can become a sending strategy when it is built with multiplication in mind.

Microchurches are also gaining more attention. The 2026 Microchurch Conference in Tampa and the reflections that followed show that many leaders are not just curious about smaller expressions of church anymore. They are actively exploring how simple, intentional communities can function as real disciple-making environments. This matters because the Church does not only need bigger rooms. It also needs more reproducible forms of mission.

Then there is the story of small churches. A lot of people assume small means ineffective. The latest rural church reporting says otherwise. Based on the 2025 Rural Churches Today study, many rural churches are seeing meaningful commitments to Christ and are serving as important anchors in their communities. That should encourage pastors and leaders everywhere. God is still moving through churches that may never become large in attendance but are rich in faithfulness, witness, and local impact.

Canada is showing important movement too. Church Planting Canada is gathering leaders around multiplication vision and preparing for a national catalyst gathering in Canmore this October. The themes they are elevating include disciple-making, gospel saturation, and church planting ecosystems. That language matters. It tells us that leaders are thinking beyond isolated church launches and toward connected movements.

Globally, the momentum is still visible. ARC’s Spring 2026 launch season includes new churches in 13 U.S. states and 10 countries, including Canada, South Africa, Uganda, and several nations in Europe. And Multiplication Network reported 14,531 new churches planted in verifiable ministry in 2024, with a vision to see 20,000 churches started annually by 2030. The worldwide Church is not standing still. It is still planting, still sending, and still multiplying.

So what is the lesson for us at The Everywhere Network?

It is this: the future belongs to churches that are willing to multiply in more than one way. Some will multiply through church plants. Some through multisite campuses. Some through microchurches. Some through small congregations that keep making disciples year after year. The model may vary, but the mission stays the same.

We do not need to wait for the perfect building, the perfect budget, or the perfect cultural moment. We need the Spirit of God, healthy leaders, clear disciple-making pathways, and the faith to go. The latest news from across the Church is telling us that multiplication is not a theory. It is happening now.

At The Everywhere Network, that should stir our faith. Let us plant. Let us send. Let us gather in homes, coffee shops, storefronts, campuses, traditional sanctuaries, theatres, hotels, co-working spaces, and community spaces. Let us build churches that are healthy enough to reproduce. Let us think beyond addition and believe God for multiplication everywhere.

Apostle Doc Murphy

www.everywherenetwork.church

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