Creating a Dynamic Strategic Plan - Part 1 By Thom Rainer
CHURCH PLANTING CENTERS
What is A Church Planting Center?
Church Planting Centers (CPCs) are environments where multiple disciples are intentionally cultivated, selected, developed, and sent with support to make disciples which results in new churches.
Environments...
• Individual Churches
• Networks
• Associations
• Para-church or intentionally established Non-Profits
Multiple Disciples...
• Preparing more than one disciple at a time
• From outside the “environment” or community
• From within the “environment” (Indigenous)
• Laity that will lead or be a part of church planting teams
Intentionally...
• There is a process that can be communicated
• Disciple making that results in church planting is a stated value of the “environment”
Selected...
• Interns & teams are chosen based on pre-established criteria
Developed...
• Character
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Doctrine and Values of the denomination
• Family prepared
Sent and Sustained...
• With resources
• To the lost
• Continued networking and support
Collaboration for Gospel Saturation and Church Multiplicaton
ReproducingChurches.com exists - to be a catalyst for collaboration among local churches that share a passion for togetherness and sentness for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus and the reproduction of leaders who live sent daily in hopes that new expressions of the church will blossom.
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