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Expanding

The strategic vision for church multiplication in the RCA includes developing "parent church" networks of existing churches that will plant new congregations in the future. Healthy churches reproduce and multiply.

Ours is a vision not only to plant new RCA churches but to plant new churches that commit to plant new churches themselves, and so on, ever expanding the kingdom of God.

Parenting & Reproduction

• 16 Ways to Plant a Church
• Preparing to Plant: Values Assessment for Churches (PDF and RTF)
  
• Early Harvest Report
• The Power of a Parent
  
• "I want to find a planter" 
• Commissioned Pastors and Planting
• Church Planting Landmines
• ReGen: Church Planting Movement in the RCA and Classis of California
• Great Lakes Regional Summit: Planting New Churches PDF (January 26, 2009)
• Vanguard Case Study: insight into an inner city church plant (PDF)
• 7 Critical Factors in Successful Parenting Pastors (PowerPoint)
• Church Planting Best Practices (PowerPoint)
  
• 8 Stages of Church Planting (PDF)
  

Funding Strategies

• Coming Up With the Money
• Supporting Church Planters
• Funding Specifics
• New Congregation Grant Guidelines
• Grant application
• Grant criteria
• Low Cost Approaches
• Multiple Models / Costs
• Fundraising and Development
• Legal Issues
• Classis Example: "Kingdom Investment Fund"

Missional Structures 

• Ministry Best Practice: Classis Church Multiplication Team
  
• New Congregation Plan
• Risk Assessment Checklist
• Bylaws template
• Incorporation of Local Churches
• Church Multiplication Team Conviction
• Multiracial and Multicultural
• Parent Church as a Directive Partner
• Sample New Congregation Plan Proposals

Resources

• Questions and Answers about Second Campus, Satellite, or Multi-Site Ministries
  
• Church Planting Challenge demographics (PowerPoint)
  
• Bibliography

Questions? Contact Jeff Porte or Ben Ingebretsen.