Explore Church Planting
Session Two: How to plant churches?
Building on the story of Acts 16 and how the first church is planted in Philippi, this session looks to demonstrate the breadth of church planting. Participants are invited to dream and imagine a church that could be planted in their context, asking what this could look like. Click each section heading to play video.
1. How to plant churches?
17 minutes
Christian Selvaratnam looks at the story of the first church plant in Philippi, recorded in Acts 16, and explores seven key elements that emerge.
2. Historical case study: Celtic church planting
10 minutes
Will Foulger, Director of the Centre for Church Planting, Theology and Research at Cranmer Hall, Durham, examines the practice of Celtic church planting through monasteries, often called the Monastic Movement.
3. Contemporary story: Bernice Harding
11 minutes
John McGinley interviews Bernice Hardie, founder of WAVE, a new worshipping community that emerged from a call to plant a church for her daughter and others who have additional needs. Wave stands for ‘We Are All Valued Equally’.
