Reading: How To Start A Church (Slides)
How to start a church
The basics
Calling – inner
i.e. Samuel, Gideon, Moses
Calling – external
Acts 14:23 (NIV) Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
The basics
Training
Acts 22:3 (NIV) “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.”
The basics
Vision
Build it and they will come
The seven connections
The basics
Team
You need your family onboard
1 Timothy 3:5 (NLT) For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?
You need a mentor
You need a partner
You need a core group
The basics
Support
Prayer
People
Patrons
Start …
With a house church
1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
Next …
Do only those activities that you have leaders for.
Next …
As the group grows perhaps their might be the possibility of compensation.
Finally …
If you at interested in getting paid to plant a church then you need to take the church planting course.