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Church Planting Centers Cohort


Church Planting Centers Cohort

Church planting centers are local churches who have made a serious commitment to evangelism, disciple-making, leadership development, mission sending and church planting. These churches are focusing on multiplication at all levels. Every Believer in Christ is encouraged to be a part of the church's disciple-making process. Every disciple is encourage to be a trainer of trainers. Every leader knows that his or her role is to develop other leaders.  Every small group or class is encouraged to reproduce and multiply.  These churches have a vision for reaching their city and measure success by community transformation. 

The GOBA Church Planting Centers Cohort is a group of church leaders who meet together monthly to share ideas, encourage one another, and pray for each other's churches to be successful in fulfilling Acts 1:8.  More information about the objectives of the monthly meetings is included below.  If your church is interested in becoming a church planting center and/or joining the cohort, please contact Mark Weible at the GOBA office. 

Church Planting Centers Cohort Schedule

  • September 25, 2012 - Brainstorm disciple-making-disciple outcomes. Complete discipleship end vision for next session.
  • October 23, 2012 - Share your end vision for disciple making disciples. Brainstorm multiplying church outcomes.
  • November 27, 2012 - Share your end vision for multiplying churches. Brainstorm multiplying leader outcomes.
  • December 2012 - No meeting. Spend extra time with your family.
  • January 22,  2013 - Share your end vision for multiplying leaders. Brainstorm convictions, competencies and outcomes of disciple making.
  • February 12, 2013 - Share your Disciple Making developmental objective.  Brainstorm conviction, competencies and outcomes of multiplying churches.
  • March 26 2013 - Share your multiplying church developmental objective. Brainstorm convictions, competencies and outcomes of multiplying leaders.
  • April 23, 2013 - Share your multiplying leaders developmental objectives. Brainstorm development path
  • May 28 2013 - Share your leadership development path.

    • Church Planting Centers Are:

    •   Churches which place an emphasis upon disciple making & deployment
    •   Churches with a residency or internship program
    •   Networks with an emphasis upon equipping
    •   Church Planting Schools
    •   Multisite Churches

    Making Disciples:
    •   Church planters from outside the “environment”
    •   Church planters and leaders raised up from within the “environment”
    •   Disciples that support or are a part of a church planting team

    Intentional:

    •   There is a clear definition of success and an intentional process for leader development that can be communicated
    •   Clear criteria for inclusion of leaders into the center’s program
    •   Clear objectives & mile markers for measuring progress in the development of the planter and in the life of the plant after deployment
    •   Disciple making that results in church planting is the stated outcome

    Roles of a Church Planting Center

    •   Cultivation of Leaders & Partners
    •   Selection of Planters and clarification of calling
    •   Development of Church Planters & Planting Teams
    •   Provision of Support for the Planter, His Family & Planting Team