Mission of the New Church Planting Council
The New Church Planting Council will…
- Concentrate on growing geographical areas
- Experiment with a variety of different models and target groups
- Include opportunities for re-starting churches which are dying, declining or merging
- Encourage beginning initiatives from both local churches and the region
- Count the cost, determining how much funding will be necessary and how the funding will decline over time
Elements of Support
The New Church Planting Council will…
- Continuously build a strong financial base through individual and church support
- Emphasize the importance of local church and individual support over regional/national support
- Recognize the need for “mother churches” to be involved
- Consider the need for support to continue to enable growth
- Build in accountability and on-going communication concerning needs and support
Elements of Leadership
The New Church Planting Council will…
- Foster cooperation with the ABC at regional and national levels
- Seek planters with a “thriving mentality”
- Concentrate on reaching un-churched populations
- Promote and seek commitment to support both project and planter from pastors and congregations of nearby churches
- Recognize and implement the need for multi-staffing at an early phase
- Utilize part-time or bi-vocational persons
- Serve as, or help to develop, accountability and advisory groups
- Constantly attempt to design better profiles and better ways to identify and recruit potential leadership