EQUIPPING CHURCH PLANTING NETWORKS

BUILDING HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS FOR CHURCH PLANTING

FCPI believes that healthy church planting networks and denominations provide the fertile soil for church plants to grow and flourish. Each network can support planters in five critical ways, summarized by the acronym TRACS, which stands for:

TRAINING

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RECRUITING

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ASSESSING

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COACHING

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SUPPORT RAISING

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Below are ways that FCPI can strengthen your network's TRACS.

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TRAIN YOUR PLANTERS

How can church planting networks provide quality content and meaningful community to train increasingly diverse groups of planters without reinventing the wheel? You can lead your own year-long church planter cohort using Fuller's Church Planting Certificate (available in both English and Spanish). In addition, FCPI provides contextualized resources for multiethnic planters here.

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RECRUIT PLANTERS

How can networks connect with planters who are a theological and missional fit? PlanterMatch is a free online directory that matches church planters with networks (and coaches) like yours based on multiple criteria such as geography, theology, church planting model, and more. Get listed today and start receiving leads.

PLANTERMATCH
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ASSESS YOUR PLANTERS

Most church planting networks use a combination of self-assessment and formal assessment to discern whether aspiring planters are gifted, called, and ready. For self-assessment, you can have planters read Fuller's free article, or have them take our "Should You Plant a Church?" digital course. For formal in-person assessment, networks can utilize Stadia's Discovery Center, which assesses diverse planters for a variety of planting contexts.

SHOULD YOU PLANT A CHURCH?
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COACH YOUR PLANTERS

Coaching is now considered an essential support system for planters. Often, networks simply promote successful planters into coaches, who tend to do more talking than listening. Fuller's Church Planter Coaching Certificate is an 8-month cohort that blends the best of "client-centered" coaching with missional frameworks to train coaches who truly empower planters.

COACHING CERTIFICATE
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SUPPORT RAISING

A healthy church plant requires more than vision and training—it also requires a sustainable financial foundation. Whether your planters are full time or bi-vocational, having a clear support-raising strategy can make a significant difference in the health and longevity of a new church. The article below presents creative ways to fund plants.

CREATIVELY FUNDING MULTIETHNIC PLANTS
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"We do not simply wake up one day and decide to plant a church. In response to the call that God has been forming in us over many years (and possibly decades) before we ever considered starting a new church, we then train—much like athletes train—to live into that call."

—Len Tang, Director of the Fuller Church Planting Initiative

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Four Ways To Discern Your Call To Church Planting

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