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STAGE THREE

INVEST.

Intentionally investing in your team's
well-being and discipleship

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"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,..."

Matthew 28:19

your Cohort Leader

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Adam & Amber Holley are the planting pastors of FWD Church

330-501-9677

adamlholley99@gmail.com

"Great things aren't done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

- Vincent Van Gogh

SEPTEMBER

Complete all four courses below!
This month includes following objectives

Prayer Meetings
Add Value
Bookkeeping / Financial Reporting
Meeting Location / Insurance

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📃 Officialize

COURSE FOUR

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September Cohort Prep

Financial Management

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Bookkeeping

Reporting

Bookkeeping

Financial Management

Bookkeeping

Reporting

Bookkeeping

How are you feeling about financial management?
What program will you use for financial management?
What types of reports are needed and how often?

Financial management takes focused weekly time. Proper stewardship and communication will increase donations.

In their hearts | humans plan their course, | but the Lord | establishes their steps. |

Proverbs 16:9

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OCTOBER

Complete all of the courses below!
This month includes following objectives

Community Investments
Missions Partnership Plan
Advisory Team
Calendar / Consistent Communication

📡 Communication

COURSE FOUR

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October Cohort Prep

Missions Strategy

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Jerusalem

Judea

Samaria

Ends of the Earth

Samaria

Judea

Jerusalem

Do you come from a missions supporting church?
What is your strategy for supporting missions?
Who will be your churches first missionary?

Take responsibility for the global task of evangelism and watch God bless your church. Champion missions from the beginning!!

Snapshots of Progress!

It's happening...all across Ohio new churches are emerging. These pictures represent the beginning of a promise fulfilled - Jesus is building His church! Planters, your hard work and faithfulness is paying off. Don't grow weary in doing good!!

Church Planting Progress - 24a

NOVEMBER

Complete all four courses below!
This month includes the following objectives

Prioritize your Marriage
Develop a Budget
Ministry Roadmap
Encouragement

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November Cohort Prep

Ministry Priorities

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Relationships

Responsibilities

Roles

MINISTRY

Roles

Responsibilities

Relationships

What ministries are a priority to begin with?
How will you invite people to serve in ministry roles?
How will you fuel your ministry leaders?

It's exciting to think about empowering people to lead ministry.
Don't rush, a simple start is the best start.

Tom Baxter

Engaging Rural Communities

How do I apply these principles in my context?

CONTEXT

RURAL

In a rural context, community is everything. If you're not not from the community

Share the name and whereabouts of your target community and the burden God has given you to reach the people.

What did you learn in the demographic study?

What did you learn from asking residence questions?

What did the Holy Spirit speak to you as you were prayer "walking" in the community?

Share some name and positions of community influencers you identified.

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STAGE ONE - IGNITE

Cohort Month One

This month's cohort is all about your target community
or people group. Come prepared to share for several
minutes what you learned as a student of your
community.

Questions you can use to prepare what you'll share:

What is the name of your target community?
Describe it?

Who are some of the key influencers?

What did you learn from asking residence questions?

What key insights did the demographic study give you?

What is God impressing on your heart?
What are you hearing from Him?

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STAGE ONE - IGNITE

Cohort Month Two

preparation material - Pastoral Mission

This month's cohort is all about DISCIPLESHIP!
Come prepared to share for several minutes your
early thoughts on a discipleship strategy.

Questions you can use to prepare what you'll share:

Who discipled you?
What is discipleship?

How do you plan to disciple your people?

When will you disciple them?

What material or approach will you use?

What is God impressing on your heart?
What are you hearing from Him?

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STAGE ONE - IGNITE

Cohort Month Three

preparation material - Lead Leadership

This is a big month! Come prepared to share your
pitch deck (ministry plan) with the cohort. Now is
the time to practice and receive feedback!

A few tips:

Try and share it in 3-4 minutes?
Come prepared with a power point or pdf?

Don't do this halfway. Be all in so you can learn,
grow, and gain confidence.

Gain insights from others. We are all on the same
team!

Be highly encouraging when sharing feedback with
other planters.

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STAGE ONE - IGNITE

Cohort Month One

preparation material - Entrepreneurial Risk

This month's cohort is all about your target community
or people group. Come prepared to share for several
minutes what you learned as a student of your
community.

Questions you can use to prepare what you'll share:

What is the name of your target community?
Describe it?

Who are some of the key influencers?

What did you learn from asking residence questions?

What key insights did the demographic study give you?

What is God impressing on your heart?
What are you hearing from Him?

Stage One Project

Pitch Deck / Ministry Plan

At the end of stage one / month three you will come prepared with a pitch deck (similar to the example below) to present to your peers. This project will be the culmination of stage one. You can view a more detailed explanation in: Month Three - Lead Leadership

Church Planting Stage Explainer

12 Competencies

❤️‍🩹 Well-Being 🔥 Prayer & Holy Spirit 👑 Kingdom of God 🚎 Community

💡 Leadership 🎯 Ministry 🙎🏽‍♀️ People 💰 Finance

🖥️ Systems 📡 Communications 📃 Officialize ⛰️ Perseverance

Pastoral Mission - shepherding people towards God's mission

Lead Leadership - casting vision, empowering others, mobilizing

Entrepreneurial Risk - making sacrifices, hustling to see success

Stage One - IGNITE

The goal of this stage is to work on your PLAN

Stage Two - INVITE

The goal of this stage is to GATHER a team

Stage One - INVEST

The goal of this stage is to EQUIP your team

Stage One - INVOVLE

The goal of this stage is to INVOLVE your team

Church Planting Timeline

month one

Well-Being Plan
Abide in Jesus
Community Study

month two

Discipleship Plan

month three

Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month four

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month five

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month six

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month seven

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month eight

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month nine

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month ten

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month eleven

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

month twelve

Community Study
Discipleship Plan
Pitch Deck
MOU
Incorporation
EIN #

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- Let's do this! 😎

INVEST.

Intentionally investing in your team's well-being and discipleship

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,..."

GUIDE

SEPTEMBER

🔥 Prayer & Holy Spirit

🙎🏽‍♀️ People

🖥️ Systems

📃 Officialize

September Cohort Prep

Financial Management

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Bookkeeping

Reporting

Bookkeeping

Financial Management

Bookkeeping

Reporting

Bookkeeping

In their hearts | humans plan their course, | but the Lord | establishes their steps. |

OCTOBER

🚎 Community

👑 Kingdom

💡 Leadership

📡 Communication

October Cohort Prep

Missions Strategy

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Jerusalem

Judea

Samaria

Ends of the Earth

Samaria

Judea

Jerusalem

Snapshots of Progress!

NOVEMBER

❤️‍🩹 Well-being

💰 Finance

🎯 Ministry

⛰️ The Journey

November Cohort Prep

Ministry Priorities

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Relationships

Responsibilities

Roles

MINISTRY

Roles

Responsibilities

Relationships

CONTEXT

RURAL

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Cohort Month One

Cohort Month Two

Cohort Month Three

Cohort Month One

Stage One Project

Pitch Deck / Ministry Plan

Church Planting Stage Explainer

12 Competencies

Pastoral Mission - shepherding people towards God's mission

Lead Leadership - casting vision, empowering others, mobilizing

Entrepreneurial Risk - making sacrifices, hustling to see success

Stage One - IGNITE

Stage Two - INVITE

Stage One - INVEST

Stage One - INVOVLE

Church Planting Timeline

month one

month two

month three

month four

month five

month six

month seven

month eight

Intentionally investing in your team's
well-being and discipleship