Church Planting
🌱 Church Planting Specialization
Launching New Churches to Expand God’s Kingdom and Multiply Disciples
The Church Planting Specialization equips clergy to start and lead new churches rooted in the Gospel, shaped by community, and committed to multiplying disciples. Whether you're planting in a local neighborhood, an urban center, or a global mission field, this specialization provides the biblical, strategic, and leadership training needed to begin strong and grow healthy.
This credential is ideal for ministers, chaplains, and officiants who sense God's call to pioneer new works and lead communities of faith from the ground up.
💬 Why It Matters
Church planting is one of the most effective ways to reach new people with the Gospel. New churches often engage those who are spiritually searching, disconnected from traditional churches, or part of underreached communities. But planting a church is also spiritually and practically demanding.
This specialization matters because it prepares you to meet that challenge with clarity, character, and confidence. You’ll be trained to cast vision, build a team, communicate the Word, and lead with servant-hearted strength.
🧰 What You’ll Learn
To earn this specialization, you must complete your core clergy credential and maintain a 2.0 GPA, along with these four targeted courses:
Multiplying Christian Leaders – Teaches how to raise up and empower leaders within your church plant to serve, grow, and multiply.
Church Planting – (Marketing) – Provides essential tools for launching and promoting a new church, engaging your target community with relevance and integrity.
Leadership – Equips you with practical and biblical leadership principles to guide teams, make wise decisions, and create healthy church culture.
Preaching, Preparation & Presentation – Trains you to deliver Gospel-centered, compelling sermons that disciple your core group and reach your wider community.
🛠️ How This Specialization Equips You
With the Church Planting credential, you will be prepared to:
Launch a new church or house church with a strong biblical foundation
Lead core teams and disciple leaders who will sustain the church's growth
Develop and communicate vision, mission, and strategy for your plant
Preach messages that inspire, equip, and reach both believers and seekers
Build a thriving, multiplying community rooted in God’s Word and love
Church Planting
You must have the credential
Christian Wedding Officiant or
Field Minister (Commended) or
Licensed Life Coach Minister or
Licensed Minister or
Ordained Minister
Requires a 2.00 GPA and to
complete the following :
