Plant Course

Build your Team

Building a team is key to the journey of any plant. This section will cover the roles you might consider in your team plus how to recruit, select, develop and motivate them.

1. Bible Thought

2 minutes

2. Building the dream team

29 minutes

3. Planter and Plantee Ongoing Relationship

Case studies of church plants help ground the ideas you encounter in the Plant Course. Watch the story of St Saviour’s, Hanley Road

4. The revitalisation of St Mary’s Bearwood: reaching out with old and new

Case studies of church plants help ground the ideas you encounter in the Plant Course. Read the story of St Mary’s Bearwood.

Additional Resources

If you would like to explore this topic further, we would recommend the following resources and publications:

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