Planting Options
Church planting can be simple, informal and low budget. These churches can begin with little or no external funding and require no paid staff.
- Ethnic Churches
- People from all over the world are coming to Canada and are starting churches. They take no courses, they have no money; they just do it. And they have high impact!
- Incarnational Churches
- These are groups of Christ followers that move into neighbourhoods to “be Jesus” to their neighbours.
- House churches
- Often just a family or two begin a family-style church in their home.
- Age-specific churches
- Groups of singles or younger people band together to reach out to their own age group.
- Pioneer Planting
- One person or family begins to reach out to a community. They may have plans for a modest-sized church or even a large church.
- Adopt a Church
- VMC or an existing church can “adopt” and support a church plant that has already started.
- Virtual Churches
- People connect on the internet for fellowship, prayer, discipleship and outreach.
- Other? The possibilities are endless…
Or church planting can be more highly organized and have a higher budget. These churches usually have full-time pastoral staff from the start. They place a high value on leadership qualities that they believe will lead to broader impact and longevity of ministry. Click here for higher budget planting options
- Large Church Planting Initiative: This kind of plant usually starts with 100 people or more and aspires to be a 500+ church. It is usually planted by a large congregation or by a large, spontaneously gathered group. They usually have full-time pastoral staff from the beginning.
- Regional church plant: Churches with compatible vision and values pool resources to launch a new church. They supervise in the early stages of the church’s life.
- Daughter church plant: A congregation intentionally begins a new, cooperating, but independent church.
- Sub-congregation plant: A congregation initiates a new congregation, on or off site and retains substantial links and supervision.
- Core group plant: A core group of people launch a new church with a financially supported planter.
- Church-split plant: A group leaves a church over some disagreement and develops a unified vision and strategy for a new church.
- Re-plant a Dying Church: A dying church allows itself to be taken over and replanted. Great care must be taken to ensure that this is truly a new beginning and that the old culture and leadership has ended on all fronts.
- Adopt a Fledgling Church Plant: VMC can “adopt” and support a church plant that has already started.
- Other? The possibilities are endless…
For more information visit the following pages:
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Training
Funding
Application Process
Church Leaders Self Assessment
Church Network Resources