Partner Church

In preparing to launch a new church, church planters go through a series of training and preparation in order to give the new church the highest probability of success. As the planter is getting ready, ideally a partner church is going through its own process of getting ready to send out a church planter.

Pathways to a Launched Church

Planter

1. Calling

God calls a church planter and places the seed of a new church in that person’s heart

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2. Vision

God calls a church planter and places the seed of a new church in that person’s heart

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3. Assessing

The planter attends Discovery Lab, where a Kairos team helps them discovery their ability and readiness to plant a church

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4. Planning

Kairos Strategy Lab helps the planter develop a ministry plan to move the church plant from a dream to a plan

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5. Funding

The planter gets training for how to raise funds and spends a season developing funding partnerships

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6. Prayer Teams

The planter recruits a team of prayer warriors for regular prayer for the planter and the project

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7. Seed Team

The planter develops of team of people to be “bringers” into the developing plant community

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8. Missional Communities

The seed team invites others into missional communities where relationship building and faith development start happening

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9. Launch

The Missional Communities reach a critical mass and start regular worship gatherings

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10. Continuation

Kairos continues to provide coaching and counsel as needed. The planter blesses a new generation of planters through apprenticeships and network connections

Partner Church

1. Talk with Kairos

Initial contact with Kairos gives a church a sense
of why planting new churches is critical and
what roles partner churches have.

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2. Engage Church Prayer Team

Recognizing God’s mighty power and his ability
and desire to save the lost, the church through
persistent prayer, supports the church plant
that does not yet exist.

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3. Partner Church Workshop

The church engages in the church workshop
that is most appropriate to current needs.
Choices include: About Church Planting, Sharing
Faith, Strategic Planning, Leadership Team
Development, and Natural Church
Development.

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4. Organize Church Planter Support Team

A work team is assembled to plan for, communicate about, and pray for the church planting mission and support the relationship with the church planter.

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5. Build Relationships and Commit

Partner church and planter get to know each other, asses fit and vision, and form the basis (formally and personally) of their relationship.

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6. Send Mission Teams to Church Plants

As the plant prepares to launch and then grow, the partner church sends ambassadors and mission teams to work with the new church and to bring news and excitement about God’s work back home.

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7. Practice Mission at Home & Prepare to Plant Again

A partner church that commits to missional life through planting can help plant a new church every 3 to 5 years.

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