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Funding for Church Planting

Ideas & Options. Funding for Church Planting. Funding Ideas. Funding Ideas. #1 - God has provided ever-expanding resources to support His work. Funding Ideas. #2 – Funding is always a challenge, especially in the current economy. Funding Ideas.

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Funding for Church Planting

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  1. Ideas & Options Funding for Church Planting

  2. Funding Ideas

  3. Funding Ideas #1 - God has provided ever-expanding resources to support His work.

  4. Funding Ideas #2 – Funding is always a challenge, especially in the current economy.

  5. Funding Ideas #3 – The rising cost of church planter compensation is difficult to sustain.

  6. Funding Ideas #4 – Funding for ethnic and immigrant church planting is especially complicated.

  7. Funding Ideas #5 – There are a variety of different ways to fund church planting projects.

  8. Funding Ideas #5 – Funding is like assembling the pieces of a puzzle for each project.

  9. Funding Options

  10. Options: Mother Church Support Advantage Disadvantage Does not create ownership by planter, presbytery or other potential partners. • Often covers most or all of the necessary funds.

  11. Options: Partner Church Support Advantage Disadvantage Is not a sufficient amount of money to fund the whole project. • Provides partial support and creates healthy missional connections between planters, mothers and partners .

  12. Options: Planter Support Raising Advantage Disadvantage Planters vary greatly in their ability and networks for raising support. • Creates ownership and taps resources that are not available otherwise.

  13. Options: Presbytery Funds Advantage Disadvantage Many presbyteries do not have funds or a tradition of collecting funds. • Enables planters to get a head-start on support raising.

  14. Options: Foundation Grants Advantage Disadvantage Grants are hard to find and not usually renewable. • Provides a one-time shot- in-the-arm for the support raising process.

  15. Options: Bi-Vocational Planters Advantage Disadvantage Diverts time and energy from the work of church planting itself. • Gives planters credibility and connection with those who live in the neighborhood.

  16. Options: Working Wives Advantage Disadvantage Time and energy of a working wife will not be available for the planter. • Supplements income and gives a wife useful distraction from the burdens of planting.

  17. Funding Plans

  18. Funding Planfor Church Planting Apprentice $95k $55k $85k $35k New Church Contribution $60k $55k $35k $35k $20k $35k Planning & Searching Apprentice Fund Raising & Bi-Vocation $35k $25k $15k Sponsor Church & Presbytery Contribution $5k Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

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