Overview
Brought to you by Passion for Planting
You've been called to plant a church – now what? This Introduction to New Church Development course provides valuable “next steps” for the incredible journey you’re about to embark on. You’ll receive practical nuts and bolts knowledge and learn “how to” methods for church planting from the ground up. Topics include: calling, vision, planning, oversight, fundraising, volunteer management, and operations for the new church (e.g. marketing, outreach, facilities, equipment, legal requirements, worship/teaching).
This course is “free”; however, there are several required reading books that will greatly enhance your learning experience. These books (available on kindle) will be valuable resources in your church planting journey. Links for these books (and other resources) are provided within each of the course units. If the price of any books scare you consider buying a used copy (amazon.com is one place to search) or see if your local library has them.
Course Outline
| Module 1 | Introduction to Church Planting | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Why Church Planting? | |
| Unit 2 | Calling | |
| Unit 3 | Profile, Competency and Assessment | |
| Unit 4 | Planter Health | |
| Unit 5 | Coaching | |
| Unit 6 | Module 1 Quiz | |
| Module 2 | Developing a Ministry Philosophy | |
| Unit 1 | Target and Contextualization | |
| Unit 2 | Church Planting Models | |
| Unit 3 | Multi-Ethnic Church Planting | |
| Unit 4 | Disciple Making | |
| Unit 5 | Philosophy of Ministry | |
| Unit 6 | Module 2 Quiz | |
| Module 3 | Planning | |
| Unit 1 | Starting with the END in mind | |
| Unit 2 | Develop Strategies | |
| Unit 3 | Grouping and Sequencing | |
| Unit 4 | Scheduling | |
| Unit 5 | Budgeting and Assigning Tasks | |
| Unit 6 | The Launch Strategy | |
| Unit 7 | Module 3 Quiz | |
| Module 4 | Funding the Dream | |
| Unit 1 | Overview of Finances | |
| Unit 2 | Budgeting | |
| Unit 3 | Financial Systems | |
| Unit 4 | Fundraising | |
| Unit 5 | Module 4 Quiz | |
| Module 5 | Organizational Structure and Systems | |
| Unit 1 | Leading an Organization | |
| Unit 2 | Church Governance and Structure | |
| Unit 3 | Building a Launch Team | |
| Unit 4 | Staffing | |
| Unit 5 | Legal Requirements | |
| Unit 6 | Module 5 Quiz | |
| Module 6 | Pre-Launch Phase | |
| Unit 1 | Structuring and Building Ministry Teams | |
| Unit 2 | Marketing | |
| Unit 3 | Outreach | |
| Unit 4 | Equipment | |
| Unit 5 | Facilities | |
| Unit 6 | Community Networking | |
| Unit 7 | Module 6 Quiz | |
| Module 7 | Discipleship and Multiplication in the New Church | |
| Unit 1 | Assimilation | |
| Unit 2 | Discipleship | |
| Unit 3 | Reproducing Leaders | |
| Unit 4 | Church Multiplication | |
| Unit 5 | Module 7 Quiz |