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Church Planting Leadership Fellowship. Beyond Addition. Viral Churches. Beyond Addition. Methodology. The telephone survey of Protestant pastors was conducted December 1-6, 2008
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Church Planting Leadership Fellowship Beyond Addition
Viral Churches Beyond Addition
Methodology • The telephone survey of Protestant pastors was conducted December 1-6, 2008 • The calling list was randomly drawn from a list of all Protestant churches. Up to six calls were made to reach a sampled phone number • Each interview was conducted with the senior pastor, minister or priest of the church called • Responses were weighted to reflect the geographic distribution of Protestant churches
Methodology continued • The completed sample is 1,004 phone interviews • The sample provides 95% confidence that the sampling error does not exceed +3.1% • Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.
Almost all Protestant churches participate in missions/ church planting During the past 12 months, has your church…
Few churches sponsor a church plant on their own Among churches who directly participated in helping start a new church in the last 12 months… Don’t Know: 5% Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12 months?
Less than one in five churches provides ongoing, direct financial support to a church plant Among all Protestant churches… Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12 months?
Viral Churches • Multiply Everything • Model Multiplication • Let Churches Lead • Welcome the Planter • Define Missional Well • Plant by Multiplication and not Funding • Be Born Pregnant • Open More Lanes • Ethnic, lay, urban, bi-vocational, etc. • Give Permission • Overcome Fear