Pastoral Ministry · Intermediate
Planting a Church
Church planting is a local church sending a called, proven man and a faithful team to a needy place, to win people to Christ, baptize and teach them, and gather them into a self-governing New Testament church.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
Why new churches are needed, and what the book of Acts shows about how they begin
2
The right and wrong reasons to plant a church
3
The roles of the sending church, the planter, and the core group
4
What makes a group of believers a church, and how a new work grows toward order
5
How to handle money and legal matters honestly, and how to wait on God for the increase
Lessons in this topic
01How Do You Plant a Church?Plus6 min02How Does a Church Train and Send?PlusRelated lesson6 min03Who Sends Missionaries?PlusRelated lesson7 min
Key passages
1 Corinthians 3:6–7Acts 13:1–3Acts 14:21–23Romans 15:20–21Luke 14:281 Timothy 3:5Acts 11:19–24Acts 18:1–8Acts 17:16Acts 17:22–231 Corinthians 9:221 Corinthians 2:2–5Colossians 4:32 Timothy 2:2Acts 2:41–42Acts 16:13Acts 19:9Romans 16:5Titus 1:51 Timothy 3:101 Timothy 5:221 Corinthians 9:14Philippians 4:15–16Acts 18:31 Thessalonians 2:91 Corinthians 16:22 Corinthians 9:7Romans 13:82 Corinthians 8:21Proverbs 15:22Romans 13:1James 5:7Acts 18:10–111 Corinthians 4:2Galatians 6:9Matthew 16:18Acts 20:281 Corinthians 3:11