so you want to plant a church?

 

Objective:

Church planting is the tip of God’s spear in the increase (growth, development, expansion) of His kingdom.

North American Missions’ three objectives are to: TRAIN, FUND, and SEND North American Missionaries into the field to ably plant healthy, growing, and thriving churches.

Proficient church planting necessitates strategic preparedness. This strikes at the heart of NAM’s first objective: TRAINING.

NAM commits to provide the best training tools, resources, and training experiences for its North American Missionaries, Pastors, their support teams (national, district, and sectional level), and UPCI-endorsed Bible Colleges and Universities.

 

Initiatives:

  • A premier church planting training experience from seasoned apostolic church planting leaders. The Launch curriculum is built uncompromisingly upon the biblical missional model and principles that anticipate apostolic results. The Launch Team guides church planters through their journey from envision, preparation, pre-launch, launch, to post-launch sustainability.

    Launch training consists of comprehensive online training and resources, an in-person, 2.5-day, impactful training experience, and post-training coaching opportunities.

    Visit www.launchachurch.faith for more information.

  • A “one stop” training for church planters and pastors who plant hosted on Ministry Central.

    Includes:

    • CFC Training

    • Pre-Launch Training

    • One-Button

      • Phase 1: Envision

        • See yourself in the stories of others who have successfully taken the journey into church planting.

        • Discusses critical character traits vital for church planting.

        • Provides a template to guide the potential church planter to envision and articulate their vision.

      • Phase 2: Preparation

        • Walk through step-by-step actions essential to confidently prepare and equip you to plant a church.

        • Provides self-assessment, guidance in building a support team, financial planning, a core team, defining the target geographic area, spiritual warfare, and practical preparations (policies and legal documentation).

      • Phase 3: Pre-Launch

        • Guides one to create a Launch Plan, set up church finances, fundraising, marketing (branding, website, social media), networking, administration, and other essential structures and systems.

      • Phase 4: Launch

        • Equips for interest gatherings and opening day expectations, next phase of marketing, community involvement, outreach, and follow-up systems, building a Launch team, choosing a facility, signage, service prep and practice, health checks, and the Launch service!

      • Phase 5: Post-Launch

        • Provides tools, links, and recommendations for systems and strategy development. Guides through discipleship, leadership, and replication culture development.

    Visit www.ministrycentral.com/course-category/north-american-missions for more information.

  • Professional and engaging training in five sequential phases:

    • Phase 1: Envision

    • Phase 2: Preparation

    • Phase 3: Pre-Launch

    • Phase 4: Launch

    • Phase 5: Post-Launch

    Visit www.youtube.com/@upcinam to begin.

  • North American Missions offers six Bible college courses that introduce students to the vision and purpose of NAM, biblical foundations and methodologies for planting churches, and the importance of creating a replication culture.

    The following courses are available in both online (8-week) and on-campus (16-week) formats:

    1. Mission of the Church

    2. Introduction to North American Missions

    3. Foundations of Church Planting

    4. Methods of Church Planting I

    5. Methods of Church Planting II

    6. Building a Replication Culture

    Ask your UPCI endorsed college or university for information.

 

RESOURCES

 
 
 

Partnerships

North American Missions partners with other entities to help church planters such as Apostolic Conference and the Canadian Conference. 

 

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Scott Armstrong

Director of Education and Short-Term Missions

Army veteran and Pastor Scott Armstrong, his wife Susan and their children planted a church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in 1997. The church grew and established multiple daughter works. He served as Tennessee District Director of North American Missions and later as General Director of Promotions. In 2019, they began pastoring in St. Louis, establishing another daughter work and a preaching point, while serving as Executive Presbyter. He now serves as Director of Education and Short-Term Missions for North American Missions.