The BGCT Church Starting Experience involves many people–not just BGCT staff and Executive Board members, Church Planters, core groups and Church Planting Partners, but ultimately the unchurched people in every part of the state. It is the prayer of all those people that this process will encourage, facilitate and connect churches in their work to fulfill God’s mission of reconciling the world to Himself; and we know that when all parties have a clear, strong, common vision, the results are new churches that can grow, reproduce and replenish mission funds.
The 11 Components of the Church Starting Experience.- Church Planter Enlistment. Discover and involve Pastors and Church Planters.
- Assessment Process. Identify and evaluate the success potential of the new church.
- Prayer & Spiritual Vitality. Identify demonstrable maturity, growth and strong spiritual life in church leaders.
- Mentoring/Coaching. Create intentional relationships to befriend, teach and advise
principal leaders.
- Core Group Development. Establish/maintain an essential group of people committed to the Church Start.
- Vision Development. Turn the God-given dream of a new church into a continuing resource of inspiration.
- Church Type. Create a unique identity for this new body of baptized believers via ministry and worship.
- Covenant Expectations & Doctrinal Integrity. Establish mutual understandings to clearly guide relationships, teachings and behaviors aligned to the Bible.
- Lay Leaders. Find key personnel, other than staff, to provide services or expertise necessary to New Church Start success.
- Training & Development. Equip all involved people to assume roles in the Church Start.
- Funding. Determine financial resources necessary for the Church Start.
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First Step: New Church Start ApplicationNew Church Start application form, submit it, and a Church Starter from the BGCT staff will meet with you, your Sponsor Church, and everyone interested in supporting your new church. If all Partners agree on what is expected and how to work together, everyone signs a New Church Start Covenant Agreement. E-mail: churchstarting@bgct.org
Phone: 214-828-5378 Next Step: Share the dream and make the plansIn visits with your Church Planter (the pastor or leader of the new church) and other Partners, the Church Starter assesses your group’s various strengths and weaknesses. He or she then helps guide you to make plans and find resources–both locally and from the BGCT. Contact us. E-mail: churchstarting@bgct.org
Phone: 214-828-5378 The New Church Monthly Report provides a value-based level of accountability for each new church receiving training, consulting, and/or financial assistance from the BGCT. It is a required measure of accountability for each new church.
E-mail: churchstarting@bgct.org
Phone: 214-828-5378 Satellite "Seed" CongregationsReach and baptize people for your church by “satelliting” your congregation beyond the walls of the building. The BGCT can help by equipping your laypersons as leaders of no-cost, simple congregations among unreached pockets of people. These satellite congregations generally meet in homes and are affiliated with your church as its sponsor, contributing to your church’s overall impact in the community. Learn more ...  Watch videos from our DVD Satellite & Organic Churches: For Unreached People Groups
E-mail: lindsay.cofield@bgct.org
Phone: 214-828-5389
Multi-housing Church PlantingReach out to people living in apartment complexes, mobile home parks and dormitories by equipping leaders for ministries in those types of living environments. Leaders will be trained for simple, on-site extensions of the church body. Learn more ... Watch videos from our DVD Satellite & Organic Churches: For Unreached People Groups E-mail: lindsay.cofield@bgct.org
Phone: 214-828-5389 Prayer-Based Organic Church PlantingUse a prayer-walking strategy (pdf) to reach people in public settings – such as gated apartment communities, parks, corporate break rooms and recreation centers – and form them into a congregation. This outreach strategy does not involve events, or advertising, but rather requires the commitment of volunteers. Learn more ... E-mail: lindsay.cofield@bgct.org
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