Church planting

I guess it depends. If you want to really minister for the LORD. Just focus on saving souls for now. Don't worry about being updated. God want to see the work (smiles)

Strategies for church planting depends on many factors: Which country you are in? Who do you want to reach? What is you own theological/denominational back-ground, etc. I am alway looking for new ideas and models!

Are you involved in church-planting yourself?

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but...

A question in the back of my mind recently: how are church plants typically funded?

I assume they're either funded by out of the church planter's own pockets, the church plant's own congregation or a mother/sponsor church. Just curious as to what other people have seen before.

There are many different ways of financing a new church-plant, depending on what kind of church you plant, who takes the initiative for the planting, and in which country you plant.

Some churches are planted “organically”. That is without a big overarching plan. Somebody starts to gather a few people for prayer and Bible study. This may grow into a bigger church. In such examples the initial costs are minimal. The church could meet in homes or rent a place only on Sunday. In the beginning, there may be no paid staff. The costs are increased only as the church grows in numbers.

Other churches are planted by the initiative of a denomination or similar network of churches. A denomination may decide to start a new congregation somewhere. It will then call somebody to lead the work of this new congregation. In such examples, there is a often a plan on how to finance the new church. It can look like this: First year the denomination pays 100 % - second year 75% - third year 50% - fourth year the new church need to raise all its finances themselves.

There are several other models as well, so these are just examples