Brendan McClenahan – Church Planting Initiative

Church Planter Coaching Certificate

Get Certified to Plant a Church. Each part of the Coaching Certificate has been designed by church planting experts to help you develop a trusted framework, grow your coaching practice and start healthier churches. There are seven interactive online courses, and for each course, coaching cohort members complete a workbook with feedback from Fuller staff.

Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul

Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul What does it take to be a church planter or other ministry entrepreneur? Most leaders start out with passion, a sense of calling, and a focus on building ministry skills. Such things might get some results, but they are not enough to sustain a healthy ministry―or a healthy…

Holistic Evangelism

Holistic Evangelism How can church planters share the gospel with a culture that is hungry for spirituality but increasingly skeptical of the Christian church? Without being embedded in a community of faith, the evangelized do not get discipled. How can church planters participate in this Spirit-led process? In this course, you’ll come to a holistic…

Joining God’s Mission

Joining God’s Mission Just as plants need healthy soil, so too does our ministry need the life-giving missional theology in relationship to the ultimate Source of life: God. Just as nutrients already exist in the soil, the good news is that God’s call is an invitation to join a mission that is already in progress!…

PlanterMatch

PLANTERMATCH No one plants alone. In order to plant flourishing churches, leaders want the support of organizations and networks. In order to continue to thrive, church planting organizations and networks need to be able to find new church planters. PlanterMatch is a website that connects prospective church planters to organizations that can partner with them.…

Sent to Flourish

Sent to Flourish Church planting is hard work. Planters face a thousand pressures related to leadership, finances, identity, and more. Quick fixes don’t produce sustainability. How can church planters and their congregations flourish for the long haul? Sent to Flourish is a unique guide to accompany current and prospective church planters as they respond to this essential…

Church Planting Professional Certificate

Get Certified to Plant a Church. Each part of the Church Planting Professional Certificate has been designed by church planting experts to produce a deeper biblical theology, spiritual formation and missional competency. Learn more about the courses that compose the certificate content including Joining God’s Mission, Holistic Evangelism, Formation for Planters and more.

Should You Plant a Church?

Should You Plant a Church? Something or someone has put a sliver in your mind, a burr in your saddle, or a fire in your heart. You wonder if you’re called to pioneer something new in God’s kingdom rather than stick with what’s established. You sense the culture is shifting and wonder whether God’s Spirit…

Network Leader Roundtable in June

Network Leader Roundtable in June Thursday, June 24th at 10am PDT There are over 300 global church planting organizations in the world. We’re learning that the leaders of these church planting organizations want two things: community & collaboration. They want to be in relationship with each other, to learn from each other, to see broader…

Network Leader Roundtable in May

Network Leader Roundtable in May Thursday, May 27th at 10am PDT As church planting leaders, what can we expect as we move through and out of a pandemic? The world is much different than it was only a year ago, and as those called to serve church planters, we are faced with unique challenges that…