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Community Survey Prayer Spring Branch Church Plant PNC Information
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1.1 This planting guide is intended as information to churches that intend to establish or plant new churches. It is only a guide and each church should take this information and fit it to their outreach programs. 1.2 Describe in an overview the process of establishing a new church community. 1.3 Preview the phases, teams, goals, time line charts, key decision criteria for community and pastor selection, training and pray for initial Barnabas team. 2. Mission, Vision and Values 2.1. The key values of the Barnabas team will be reflected in this crucial statement. Mission Vision Values Outline 3. Phases 3.1 Calling 3.1.1 Establishment of a Barnabas type team/committee 3.1.2 Role with Sponsoring Church/New Church Development (NCD) 3.1.3 Establish initial plan and budget 3.2 Assemble the team 3.2.1 Recruiting of team members 3.2.2 Assessement of team member skills 3.2.3 Members evaluate the calling 3.3 Preparation Leadership: How To Start 3.3.1 Barnabas Developed Material training 3.3.2 New Church Initiatives (NCI) training 3.2.3 Select Teams for Community and Pastor Selection 3.3.4 Receive approval for Community and Pastor Search 3.3.5 Community Service and Outreach Teams recommend programs 3.3.6 Administrative Team establishes requirements 3.3.7 Preparations for Launch Team 3.4 Year One Activities Leadership: First And Second Years 3.4.1 Pastor Selection 3.4.2 Launch Team Selection 3.4.3 Establish Mission, Vision and Values 3.4 4 Worship and Selection Beginning Worship Outline 3.4.5 Facilities Selection Facilities Outline 3.4.6 Discipleship Activities Discipleship: Overview 3.4.6 Pastor Selects Executive Assistant 3.5 Year Two Activities Leadership: First And Second Years 3.5.1 Church Selects Facility 3.5.2 Church Applies for New Church Status 4. Barnabas and Community Task Force (Reference:Community Final Presentation 1 Attachment) 4.1 Purpose 4.2 Community selection process (Reference: Community Selection and Candidate Community Profile Attachments) 4.3 Criteria (Reference: Community Selection Scoresheet Attachment) 4.4 Recommendation process 4.5 Supporting Data 4.6 Key Issues 4.7 Budgets 4.8 Where to meet 5. Barnabas and New Pastor Task Force (Reference: Pastor Search Attachment) 5.1 Establish a purpose statement 5.2 Define a work process and list assumptions and must have's. 5.3 Define the guiding principles for the search 5.4 Steps of the process 5.5 Key elements of the process 5.6 Establish a network for support and information 5.7 List of Deliverables 6. Presentation to the Sponsoring Church 6.1 Recommendation 6.2 Plan for implementation 6.3 Budget 6.4 Location 7. Pastor Nominating Committee 7.1 Selection of committee 7.3 Interface and transition from results developed by the New Pastor Task Force 8. Launch Team Estalishment Leadership: First And Second Years 8.1 Launch team's role as the initial members of the new church community 8.2 Selection of the Launch team
9. Establishment of the New Church Leadership: First And Second Years 9.1 Role of the new pastor 9.2 The new pastor and the launch team as a team 9.3 Initail programming and effective use of the physical location 9.4 Financial planning 10. Growth of the New Church 10.1 Location whether as part of the sponsoring church's facilities or their own 10.2 Use of sponsoring church's programs 10.3 Development of the budget and fiscal responsiblity 11. Transition from Sponsoring Church 11.1 An effective transition from the sponsoring church over a one to two year time frame. 12. New Church in the Presbytery 12.1 Application for new church status 12.2 Financial responsibility Attachments: 1. Detailed Time Line with key decision and deliverable milestones 2. Glossary
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