- "It's the final countdown!"

stage menu

STAGE FOUR

INVOLVE.

Empowering your team to own the ministry before you officially launch

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After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Luke 10:1-2

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GUIDE

Adam & Amber Holley are the planting pastors of FWD Church

330-501-9677

adamlholley99@gmail.com

A vision is something you see and wish for. It’s a “good thing”. Fulfilling a vision is seeing it accomplished - this is a “God thing”

Anne Beiler

DECEMEBER

Complete all four courses below!
This month includes following objectives

Leading your Team
Assimilation
Invitations
Visual Communication

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📡 Communication

COURSE FOUR

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December Cohort

Assimilation

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Invested

Involved

Included

Assimilation

Included

Involved

Invested

- What is your plan to assimilate new guests?
- How will guest hear and "register" for your process?
What are the next steps you plan to offer?

Having a strategy to include new people in the life of the body will help the church grow and mature! You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27

“No one can come to me | unless the Father who sent me | draws them,..."|

John 6:44

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January

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

Overlooked & Underestimated
Involvement in Community
Gifts of the Spirit
Payroll?

📃 Officialize

COURSE FOUR

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January Cohort

Inviting the Gifts of the Spirit

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Interpretation

Tongues

Prophecy

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Prophecy

Tongues

Interpretation

Have you invited the gifts of the Spirit in a gathering?
What concerns do you have with facilitating the use of gifts?
When and how to you plan to utilize the gifts of the Spirit?

Allow the Holy Spirit to minister in your gatherings. God has given the gifts of the Spirit to edify and encourage the church!

It's been 1 year!

Can you believe it? One year ago you started this epic journey. As you continue to learn and grow as a church planter and pastor, know that your OCMN family is here to support you. Text, call, ask for prayer, seek counsel - DON'T ISOLATE! We need each other.

Church Planting Retreat - 24a

FEBRUARY

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

Well-Being Audit
Receiving an Offering
Preparing for Launch
The Journey Continues!

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February Cohort

Official Launch!

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Launch Day

Official Launch

Launch Day

When are you planning to officially launch?
How are you feeling about it?
What are you still working on that needs help?

The Launch of the church is just the beginning. Don't get discouraged when numbers decrease the following weeks. Your calling is to make disciples and that takes time!

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 #

Created with

- "It's the final countdown!"

INVOLVE.

Empowering your team to own the ministry before you officially launch

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

GUIDE

A vision is something you see and wish for. It’s a “good thing”. Fulfilling a vision is seeing it accomplished - this is a “God thing”

DECEMEBER

💡 Leadership

🖥️ Systems

🙎🏽‍♀️ People

📡 Communication

December Cohort

Assimilation

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Invested

Involved

Included

Assimilation

Included

Involved

Invested

“No one can come to me | unless the Father who sent me | draws them,..."|

January

👑 Kingdom

🚎 Community

🔥 Prayer & Holy Spirit

📃 Officialize

January Cohort

Inviting the Gifts of the Spirit

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Interpretation

Tongues

Prophecy

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Prophecy

Tongues

Interpretation

It's been 1 year!

FEBRUARY

❤️‍🩹 Well-being

💰 Finance

🎯 Ministry

⛰️ The Journey

February Cohort

Official Launch!

Presentation Time: 5-7 minutes

Launch Day

Launch Day

Launch Day

Official Launch

Launch Day

Launch Day

Launch Day

CONTEXT

RURAL

Let us introduce our school

Your gift is waiting for you!

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