🧾 Worksheet 12.4: Complete Your Church Multiplication Plan

Worksheet Purpose

This worksheet helps you bring together everything you have developed throughout this course into one practical Church Multiplication Plan.

The goal is not to create a complicated institutional program. The goal is to help your church, Soul Center, ministry, or Christian community take faithful next steps in discovering, training, endorsing, commissioning, and sending more Christian leaders.

Use this worksheet to summarize your plan, clarify your next steps, and prepare for action.

Part 1 — Church or Ministry Context

Name of church, Soul Center, ministry, or Christian community:

Location or community served:

Brief description of your church or ministry context:

Current strengths of your church or ministry:

Current challenges or needs:

Part 2 — Current Leadership and Ministry Needs

Identify the areas where your church or ministry needs more trained Christian leaders.

Ministry Areas Needing More Leaders

☐ Small group leadership
☐ Bible teaching
☐ Children’s ministry
☐ Youth ministry
☐ Young adult ministry
☐ Men’s ministry
☐ Women’s ministry
☐ Pastoral care
☐ Visitation ministry
☐ Prayer ministry
☐ Hospitality
☐ Outreach and evangelism
☐ Wedding officiant ministry
☐ Funeral officiant ministry
☐ Chaplaincy
☐ Life coach ministry
☐ Elders
☐ Deacons
☐ Administration
☐ Worship ministry
☐ Micro church planting
☐ House church development
☐ Daughter church development
☐ Soul Center development
☐ Homeschool or student learning pathways
☐ Degree pathway encouragement
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Top three leadership needs right now:

Why these needs matter:

Part 3 — People to Invite into Training

List people who may be ready for Christian Leaders Institute training, mentoring, or ministry development.

Potential Leaders to Invite

Who should receive the first personal invitation?

Who will make that invitation?

When will that invitation happen?

Part 4 — CLI-Connected Training Hub Plan

Use this section to summarize how your church could begin a simple CLI-connected training hub.

Possible name of the training hub:

Purpose of the training hub:

Possible coordinator or point person:

Why this person may be a good fit:

Gathering Rhythm

☐ Monthly
☐ Twice monthly
☐ Weekly
☐ Seasonal
☐ Informal check-ins
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Preferred meeting day or time:

Possible gathering format:
☐ Prayer
☐ Scripture reflection
☐ Student progress updates
☐ Course discussion
☐ Calling discernment
☐ Ministry application
☐ Mentoring conversation
☐ Celebration of milestones
☐ Planning next steps

Notes about the gathering rhythm:

Part 5 — Recommended First CLI Courses or Pathways

List up to five first courses or pathways that could serve your church’s needs.

Which course or pathway should be introduced first?

Why begin there?

Part 6 — Degree Pathways, Homeschoolers, and Young Adults

Identify students, families, young adults, or adult learners who may benefit from CLI pathways.

People or Families to Consider

☐ Homeschool high school students
☐ Recent high school graduates
☐ Young adults discerning calling
☐ Young adults working while considering education
☐ Christian school students
☐ Public school students needing stronger Christian worldview support
☐ Parents looking for affordable Christian education options
☐ Adult learners who missed earlier educational opportunities
☐ Retired believers who want deeper biblical study
☐ Ministry volunteers who could grow through training

Names of students, young adults, families, or adult learners to consider:

Possible mentors or encouragers for them:

First conversation or invitation plan:

Part 7 — CLA Ministry Role Development Plan

Choose one Christian Leaders Alliance ministry role your church may want to develop first.

Possible Roles

☐ Wedding Officiant
☐ Funeral Officiant
☐ Faith Officiant
☐ Romance Officiant
☐ Ministry Officiant
☐ Licensed Chaplain
☐ Life Coach Minister
☐ Field Minister
☐ Licensed Minister
☐ Ordained Minister
☐ Minister of the Word
☐ Ministry Chaplain
☐ Officiating Chaplain
☐ Kingdom Chaplain
☐ Micro Church Leader
☐ Soul Center Leader
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Role to develop first:

Why this role would strengthen the church or community:

Possible person or people for this pathway:

Training needed:

Local endorsement or accountability considerations:

Part 8 — Ministry Expansion Possibilities

Identify possible ways your church could expand ministry through trained leaders.

Possible Ministry Expansion Areas

☐ Small groups
☐ Neighborhood Bible studies
☐ Home-based ministry
☐ Micro church
☐ House church
☐ Daughter church
☐ Soul Center
☐ Nursing home ministry
☐ Hospital visitation
☐ Funeral care
☐ Wedding ministry
☐ Grief care
☐ Marketplace ministry
☐ School-related care where permitted
☐ Community chaplaincy
☐ Digital community ministry
☐ Outreach events
☐ Local service projects
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Most realistic ministry expansion opportunity:

Possible location or setting:

Possible leader or host:

Oversight or accountability plan:

Part 9 — 90-Day Launch Plan

Use this section to create a simple first 90-day plan.

First 30 Days

Main goal:

Actions to take:
☐ Pray over the plan
☐ Talk with pastor or church leaders
☐ Identify first students
☐ Choose a coordinator
☐ Select first CLI course or pathway
☐ Schedule first gathering
☐ Prepare communication
☐ Personally invite first participants
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Notes:

Days 31–60

Main goal:

Actions to take:
☐ Hold first gathering
☐ Help students begin CLI accounts
☐ Discuss first courses
☐ Begin mentoring or check-ins
☐ Connect students to small ministry opportunities
☐ Pray publicly or privately for participants
☐ Communicate progress to church leaders
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Notes:

Days 61–90

Main goal:

Actions to take:
☐ Hold second or third gathering
☐ Review student progress
☐ Celebrate early course progress
☐ Identify emerging ministry interests
☐ Adjust the plan
☐ Invite additional participants if appropriate
☐ Discuss possible CLA pathways
☐ Plan next 90 days
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Notes:

Part 10 — 12-Month Multiplication Plan

Quarter 1 — Begin

Main focus:

Desired outcome:

Quarter 2 — Strengthen

Main focus:

Desired outcome:

Quarter 3 — Develop

Main focus:

Desired outcome:

Quarter 4 — Commission and Expand

Main focus:

Desired outcome:

Part 11 — Prayer, Endorsement, and Commissioning Plan

A church multiplication plan should remain prayerful and accountable.

How will your church pray for emerging leaders?

Who will help discern calling and readiness?

Who may provide mentoring or accountability?

How will local endorsement be handled when appropriate?

How could your church publicly recognize or commission trained leaders?

Possible commissioning elements:
☐ Prayer
☐ Scripture reading
☐ Laying on of hands
☐ Charge to the leader
☐ Charge to the congregation
☐ Certificate or recognition
☐ Testimony
☐ Ministry assignment
☐ Ongoing oversight plan

Part 12 — Communication Plan

Leadership Team Communication

Who needs to hear the plan first?

Main message for leadership:

When will this be shared?

Congregational Communication

How will the congregation hear about the plan?
☐ Sunday announcement
☐ Church bulletin
☐ Email
☐ Website
☐ Small groups
☐ Personal invitations
☐ Leadership meeting
☐ Newsletter
☐ Other: __________________________________________

Simple announcement draft:

Personal Invitation Message

Write a short invitation to someone you may invite into CLI training.

Invitation draft:

Part 13 — Give-It-Forward and Sustainability

Use this section only as appropriate for your church context.

How will you explain CLI’s donor-supported model?

How will you avoid making money the first barrier?

How could students be encouraged to give it forward when able?

Stewardship notes:

Part 14 — Barriers and Solutions

Identify possible barriers to launching this plan.

Most important barrier to address first:

Who can help address it?

Part 15 — Final Summary of the Church Multiplication Plan

Write a simple summary of your plan.

Our church multiplication plan is to:

The first people we will invite are:

The first training pathway we will recommend is:

The first ministry role or expansion opportunity we will explore is:

Our first 90-day goal is:

Our 12-month vision is:

Part 16 — Next Faithful Step

Choose one action to take next.

Our next faithful step:

Person responsible:

Date or timeline:

Who will pray for this step?

Closing Reflection

A church multiplication plan does not need to begin with a large budget, a large staff, or a complicated structure.

It can begin with prayer.

It can begin with one pastor noticing one called person.

It can begin with one coordinator gathering a small group.

It can begin with one student taking one Christian Leaders Institute course.

It can begin with one church leader saying:

“We will not merely maintain ministry. We will multiply Christian leaders.”

Christian Leaders Institute can provide accessible training.

Christian Leaders Alliance can provide study-based ordination pathways.

The local church provides relationship, discipleship, discernment, endorsement, oversight, prayer, commissioning, and ministry opportunity.

Together, these can help your church discover, train, ordain, commission, and send more Christian leaders for the spread of Christianity.