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Becoming a Parent is a normal and vital process to reproduce new churches. We can help your church walk through this exciting process!
"The best church planting occurs when a sponsor/mother church is actively involved in the planting of new churches." - Ed Stetzer Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age
The Road to Planting a Daughter Church:
Idea and Dreaming: This is where the foundation for motivation begins. We recognize that it is Christ who builds his church and we encourage church leaders to seek him and begin to share his passion for multiplying congregations.
Communicating and Casting the Vision: At this point you are refining ideas and dreams into a tangible vision that will be communicated with your church leadership. No one person plants a church and no one person produces a daughter church; recognize that it will take a congregation to do this and everyone must have a clear idea where they are going and be committed to the vision.
Planning and Reconnaissance: Begin to bring the congregation at large on board and to plan for the specific stages in parenting a church.
Development: This is where the vision and plans go into action. You'll work out processes such as funding, do community demographic studies and choose a ministry model, recruit and assess church planters…
Birth and Release New Church: While it feels like the beginning and there may be a lot of momentum, recognize that as the parenting church you are approaching the culmination process and it will soon be time to release the new church.
Birth and Release New Church: While it feels like the beginning and there may be a lot of momentum, recognize that as the parenting church you are approaching the culmination process and it will soon be time to release the new church.
There is no time like the present:
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Pray to ask God specifically for guidance and for his heart as you consider leading your church to parent
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Read The Ripple Church by Phil Stevenson
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Go through material Churches Planting Churches by Logan and Ogne from ChurchSmart Resources
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Join a LEAD Team to parent in partnership with other churches
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Contact NCBC office for more resources or if you have question - info@sunergeo.org
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