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Launching Lay Driven Team Church Plants

Launching Lay Driven Team Church Plants. By Bruce Redmond. Primary to this Process. Agenda Harmony among people and future pastor Answers and helps define the question why do we need another church in this community? Assumptions based on scripture

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Launching Lay Driven Team Church Plants

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  1. Launching Lay Driven Team Church Plants By Bruce Redmond

  2. Primary to this Process • Agenda Harmony among people and future pastor • Answers and helps define the question why do we need another church in this community? • Assumptions based on scripture Matthew 16:15; Ephesians 4:11-12; 1 Pet 2:4-10; Key: Higher level of ownership!

  3. Develop the District & Regional Ethos • Identify district policies and procedures • Example - 3 yr process to achieve church status • Establish and identify coaches for each area; clusters or regional HCN’s. • Be clear on any district support. Offer coaching for three years. Never money!

  4. Process for Establishing Phase 1 Initiating Phase 2 Training Phase 3 Follow Up Training & Coaching

  5. Initiating a Lay Driven Church • Launching – (7 Support Systems for CP’s) Casting vision and networking among churches and congregants. • Training, Coaching, Mobilizing (systems) Initiating Prayer for specifics communities Looking for where God may be working (names, adopt communities for prayer, circumstances, prayer walks, telephone books, etc.)

  6. Don’t Assume anything! God is always at work around us, He’s always working in His people and inspite of us!

  7. Steps to Initiating • Prayer • Casting vision • Networking • Prayer initiatives • Listening and discerning

  8. 1st Step: Identification & Invitation • Initial Contact: Need at least one family unit committed to seeing a new church • Informational meetings (2) #1 Info Meeting: Ask others or mailings; “to explain what the EFCA is and ask people to consider being a part of a new disciple making EFCA church; (30days) Use Power Point – Process for New Church #2 Info Meeting: Mailing to invite others to meet with you again (30 days) (set 1st training date)

  9. Between Formal Meetings • Encourage people to open homes and get together; let them discover and affirm a chairman and treasurer; look to see who steps up and serves; you make final decision;

  10. Training Day – Set Up • Meet on Sunday mornings (from then on unless people decide differently) • Meet in a place where the group can grow • Meet where the people can eat together; train and be together as families

  11. Training Day - Schedule • Ideal - Friday pm, Saturday 9-2pm and Sunday am 9am – 1pm (complete manual) • Abbreviated – 6 hours (17 pages) – used most of the time because of schedules of families. Never used to give group options but now do.

  12. Training Snapshot • Train Complete Manual • Three follow up meetings… Affirm Mission and Values Train & Affirm Disciple Making Pathway Train & Affirm Gathering Strategies

  13. Training Process – Be Deliberate • Receive signed Church Plant Covenant • Training (17 pages or complete) Action step - identify mission statement and 4-7core values (identify a key person to facilitate the process) • Training follow up – 30 days later (1 to 3 hrs to identify and affirm) • Set date for next training before leaving

  14. Identify Chairman & Treasurer • Identify a Temporary Leadership Team (couples) • Obtain 501c3 tax number (EIN) so can open bank accounts (EFCA Laura Brice) • Treasurer – two signatures; district oversight in set up

  15. 2nd Training Event – Develop the new churches Disciple Making Pathway How are they going to win, build, equip, and multiply Identify the resources that can be used in each category ? Must help them identify a clear process. Give them 30 days to finalize.

  16. Critical ministries… • 1. Prayer Team Chairman • ______________ • 2. Nursery Team Chairman _______________ • 3. Children’s Team Chairman _________________ • 4. Worship Team Chairman _________________ • 5. Community Fun Coordinator _________________ • 6. Hospitality Team Chairman __________________ • 7. Seed Team Chairman ________________

  17. Biggest Repeated Question? • When to invite new people in the process? Anytime, right away, all of the time… • What are they invited too? • Think through process first!

  18. 3rd Training Event – Intentional Gathering • Develop a community strategy using a calendar • Brainstorm ideas – 101 Ways to Reach Your Community by Steve Sjogren • Build on all community events/school • Build and gather on personal hobbies

  19. Consider some Final Critical Variables • Locating (timing) a new pastor/church planter i.e. Thermopolis; Piedmont • Potential pastor/church planter still is assessed, boot camp and coached (wouldn’t allow) • Ideal - 60 adults plus kids before worship services start • Be flexible, sensitive and let the new church develop as the people are gifted. (tables; children; music, etc.)

  20. The Uncontrollable • Flexibility & fluid • Let it take it’s own shape (mission, values and vision) • Ownership and control • Cedaredge, Canon City, Piedmont, Colorado City, Thermopolis

  21. The end goal… • To see faith communities begin focused on making disciples and reproducing themselves… • God is glorified!

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