Certificates & Courses
Fuller Church Planting Initiative's offers certificates and courses intended to train coaches and planters as well as add value to what you are already learning and the important work you are already doing.
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.
Coaching Certificate
GET TRAINED TO COACH PLANTERS Next Cohort Begins October 2026 8 MONTH CERTIFICATION COHORTS FOR COACHES APPLY NOW A Unique Hybrid Coaching Certificate In a fast-changing, diversifying world, coaching church planters is about far more than…
Leading Churches Toward Racial Justice
Leading Churches Toward Racial Justice Live out God’s heart for justice in your church and community. Enroll Now The urgency around ending systemic racism has never felt greater, while the church has seemed so ill-equipped to…
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…
Team Version Church Planting Certificate
Train Your Whole Church Planting Team Church planting is a team sport, but often times training programs focus only on the church planter while neglecting the church planting team. The Team Version uses an abridged version…
Articles
Enjoy professionally written content on important topics from FCPI staff, friends and supporters, church planters and our networks.
Access Delayed: The Church Planter’s Juneteenth
In the church planting world, there remains an urgent need for a new Juneteenth because often times planters of color, particularly African Americans, continue to experience delays…
PlanterMatch: No One Plants Alone
PlanterMatch: No One Plants Alone No one should plant alone. Church planting is one of the most difficult and lonely callings there is. Over and over I meet aspiring church…
God’s Call to Serve the Least
I am the fruit of a church plant. After some time, God began opening doors for me to learn about following Jesus into areas of social justice. I attended trainings on human trafficking…
Essentials For Church Planters Who Want To Start Well
Men and women who are drawn to the idea of planting their own church often do share certain commonalities. They are quite visionary, having big dreams…
Valuing the Vision: Supporting Latino/a Church Planters
Accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior as an adult, attending Bible college and seminary, and serving within my Assemblies of God…
Featured Networks
Each month, we send out newsletters with valuable information for church planters and networks and coaches. Often we feature a church planting network. Check them out!
Fuller De Pree Center Church Leadership Institute
The Fuller De Pree Center Church Leadership Institute primarily serves Pastors and Christian leaders seeking to bring change to their community…
Passion2Plant
Passion2Plant is a church planting network that empowers people from diverse backgrounds to join God’s mission in their context…
Association of Related Churches
ARC is a cooperative of independent churches from different denominations, networks, and backgrounds who strategically resource church planters and pastors to help them reach people with the message of Jesus. They help new churches get started and existing churches find their families…
Great Commandment Network
Great Commandment Network is a global network empowering people to experience and reproduce great relationships through loving God and others.
Other Resourses
Additional resources we think you'll find valuable.
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…
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…
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,…