How to start a church

The basics

Calling  – inner

i.e. Samuel, Gideon, Moses

Calling  – external

Acts 14:23 (NIV) Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.



The basics

Training

Acts 22:3 (NIV) “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.” 



The basics

Vision

Build it and they will come

The seven connections



The basics

Team

You need your family onboard

1 Timothy 3:5 (NLT) For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?

You need a mentor

You need a partner

You need a core group



The basics

Support

Prayer

People

Patrons



Start …

With a house church

1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. 


Next …

Do only those activities that you have leaders for. 


Next …

As the group grows perhaps their might be the possibility of compensation.


Finally …

If you at interested in getting paid to plant a church then you need to take the church planting course.



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