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How to Plant a Church

Resources to accompany Ric Thorpe's How to Plant a Church

May 2024

Training to grow and plant your church

Plant Course

The Plant Course equips and prepares church planting teams in the why, what and how of starting a new church community.

Myriad Pathway

Designed for lay church planters to journey together.

London Pioneer School

Giving pioneers the knowledge, skills, and understanding to launch and lead pioneer ministries

Grow Course

Helping churches grow by being intentional about their health, depth and impact.

Seedbeed

Leading your church into growth

Safeguarding

Other denominations

Check the safeguarding website for your own denomination

The bigger picture

Spiritual Health

How to find a spiritual director or mentor

Research and mapping

Church Urban Fund look up tool

Search for the deprivation, demographic and other data of your parish

 

Sample questionnaire

Buildings and funding

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