Monday, December 01, 2008

15 church planters needed

My current time with God is being spent on one question; how does one go about finding 15 church planters? Because while the goal is to plant at least 10 new churches, I would like to recruit 15 church planters by June 1, 09, so there there is room for attrition in the ranks as leaders decide whether or not this is their calling, and this is the time.

So how do we do that, -find 15 church planting teams?

Maybe I can write it out and discover something by trying to express it. maybe someone who reads this blog will have an idea. My current thought is something like this:

We find someone who can visit the twelve key churches (and other churches that later choose to get involved), and share the dream with congregations, asking for those who might be interested in exploring church planting to come to a special exploratory meeting on the subject.

Here are perhaps some of the characteristics of a church planter:

a. Already leading in some way.
b. Has brought someone to Christ within the last year
c. Has demonstrated ability to believe for something that does not yet exist.
d. Has an interest in seeing the Kingdom expanded.
e. Is self motivated
f. Has already started something successfully
g. Is passionate about the body of Christ growing in excellence
h. Is passionate to make disciples of Christ.
i. Has demonstrated an ability to recruit and lead a team
j. Tends to stick to what they started.

Anyone else have any ideas about how to do this crucial step?

2 comments:

  1. Have you talked to the pastors in those 12 churches about how to recruit in their churches? If they're going to be mother churches, shouldn't they be heading up the recruiting efforts too?

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  2. In my head, it's all built on relationships. Who do we have relationships with now that would possibly take the step? I have a feeling there are more than we think.

    I'm anxious to work on a model that has a couple different places for church planters to fit into.

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