Understanding your context will have direct impact on your planting plans.
By Andy BlacknellJuly 2019
Return to Plant Course
Watch / 1 min
Bishop Ric Thorpe and Andy Blacknell
Bishop Ric invites you to learn from experienced church planters the steps to staring a new congregation.
Watch / 25 min
Jacquie Driver
All plants have some finance and budgeting to manage as they launch and grow.
Watch / 29 min
Bishop Ric Thorpe
There is no right way to plant a church. We can look back, we can look around, but you still need to work out what God has uniquely called you to.
Read / Book
Packed with practical advice and insightful stories, 'How to Plant a Church' will encourage and equip anyone with a vision to start a new worshipping community …
Watch / 20 min
Bishop Jill Duff
Prayer sits at the heart of any church plant
Watch / 18 min
Richard Gough
How to flourish through engaging well with the local clergy and senior clergy in your diocese along with your central diocesan teams (or equivalent).
Andy Blacknell
Cultural differences between churches of different sizes are greater than those between similar sized churches of different denominations. Leaders need …
Ron Bushyager
Understand your strengths and weaknesses as a leader looking at the theory of true self and false self and how this applies to your planting journey.
Watch / 24 min
Angus Ritchie
This session looks at how the church is of, not just with, or for the poor, and how the church can respond to practical, tangible needs and how the church …
Watch / 31 min
Mark Bishop
Re-discover the roots of why we are involved in church planting and understanding contextual movements and multiplication approaches. Look at basic missiology …
Watch / 58 min
Church planting, like life, isn’t a straight line from where you are now to your vision. Values will determine your vision and what you do and don’t do.
Toria Gray
What are the questions to ask as you plan your timeline and what you will do at each stage.