How We Plant
Our goal is to help plant new churches that constitute what we would call a “well-conceived project.”

A Well-Conceived Project has:
• The right church planting pastor.
• A clear Vision for ministry.
• A Parent church or Partnering churches.
• Cultural compatibility.
• Adequate funding streams.
• The right Coaching/Mentoring.

The number of parented churches that have failed to become strong, self-supporting churches over the last 10 years is…0

The Process of Church Planting:
• Our existing churches contact us to let us know that they want to reach out through church planting.
• We identify individuals who may be gifted to plant a church.
• Potential church planters and spouses are evaluated at a 4-day event where the goal is to determine whether church planting is the best ministry fit for them. Assessment Centers are held 3 times a year in different parts of the country.
• The church planter begins to develop a core group of committed individuals.
• The parent church provides a place to incubate and grow for the core group.
• 3 times a year we hold Church Planting Training Centers. These are 4-day events where approved church planters and core group members learn the biblical and practical principles of organic church planting.
• The Northwest Conference and the Department of Church Growth and Evangelism provide scaled financial support, monthly coaching and special events to connect and resource church planting leaders.
• As the group grows, they begin meeting independently of the parent church. The parent church continues to provide ongoing prayer, volunteer and financial support.
• The church plant becomes a self-supporting, thriving church where people are coming to know Jesus and are growing in relationship with Him.
• These young churches reproduce themselves by parenting more new churches.