PATRICK O’CONNELL is the Global Director of NewThing, a catalyst for movements of reproducing churches. He is passionate about helping people start new things for the kingdom. He’s married to Nancy and they have three great kids.
Articles
June 4, 2026
The Antioch Mandate: Rediscovering the Church as a Relational Sending Network
Something is shifting in the church. Most pastors and church leaders can feel it, even if they struggle to name it. The strategies that once...
May 20, 2026
EP 106: Cultivating What Outlives You
Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 106 Series: From Soil to Forest: The Practice of Networked Ministry Description: In this episode, Patrick O’Connell and guest Andrew Hoffman...
May 13, 2026
EP 105: From Table to Impact
Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 105 Series: From Soil to Forest: The Practice of Networked Ministry Description: In this episode, Patrick O’Connell is joined by guest...
May 7, 2026
The Network Flywheel: Start, Sustain, Send, And Scale
There is a pattern beneath every lasting movement. It’s not complicated, but it is demanding. It resists control, rejects isolation, and refuses to remain small....
May 6, 2026
EP 104: Pruning for Maturity
Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 104 Series: From Soil to Forest: The Practice of Networked Ministry Description: In this episode, Patrick O’Connell speaks with Eric Metcalf,...
April 29, 2026
EP 103: Designed for Pollination
Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 103 Series: From Soil to Forest: The Practice of Networked Ministry Description: In this episode, Patrick O’Connell and Rodrigo Cano explore...
April 22, 2026
EP 102: Soil Before Seed
Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 102 Series: From Soil to Forest: The Practice of Networked Ministry Description: In this episode of the Networks NEXT Series, Patrick...
April 15, 2026
EP 101: The Lie of Going It Alone
Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 101 Series: From Soil to Forest: The Practice of Networked Ministry Description: In this first episode, Patrick O’Connell, Director of Networks...
March 5, 2026
The Anatomy of a Healthy Network – The Four Rs
If I asked you to draw a picture of a “church network,” what would you sketch? For many leaders, the word “network” immediately conjures images...
February 5, 2026
Friends on Mission: Why Relationships – and Networks – Are the Soil Where Multiplication Grows
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and...
January 8, 2026
Networks Are the Backbone of Movement: An Invitation into the Future of Multiplication
The future of the church is whispering again. You can sense it in the growing hunger for collaboration, the rising fatigue with isolated ministry, and...
