20 WAYS A CHURCH CAN BE A PRIMARY CHURCH PLANTING PARTNER…by Robert Beike
If you are seeking to maximize the spiritual impact in a community or among a people group, consider planting a church. There are a number of ways a church can partner in starting a new church, but the most significant way is as a primary sponsor. Here are 20 practical ways a church can be a primary church planting partner.
1. Provide an intercessory prayer team to lead in praying for the new church.
2. Provide liabilty insurance and legal standing.
3. Provide administrative support, such as secretary, treasurer, record keeping, copying, etc.
4. Provide use of office equipment and supplies.
5. Provide Christian fellowship for planter and new church.
6. Provide a coach and/ or mentor for the Church Planter.
7. Provide opportunities for the Planter to share vision, needs, opportunities, etc.
8. Assist the Planter in relocating (i.e. finding a house and moving).
9. Assist the new church in outreach projects.
10. Allow the Church Planter access to Pastor’s library for commentaries, reference material, etc.
11. Provide leadership in church legal matters.
12. Send deacons to assist the new church in serving the Lord’s Supper.
13. Provide people for the new church’s core group.
14. Provide demographic, psychographic, and ecclesiographic information.
15. Hold a “Baby Church” shower for the new work’s facility.
16. Provide food for fellowships in the new church.
17. Minister to the Church Planter’s family, especially around the holidays.
18. Provide short-term “missionaries” to help with music, greeters, VBS, teaching, and advancing the new church’s strategy.
19. Provide office space, or meeting space, if needed.
20. Provide financial support. (Consider a percentage of the undesignated budget, or a set monthly amount, or a special offering taken monthly or quarterly, or a 5/52 plan wher individuals or families give $5 for 52 weeks {$260}, or instead of hiring staff, fund the Church Planter).
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