Church Planting in North America? Our Lord’s command is to go into all the world, beginning with our own “Jerusalem” and branching out to the ends of the world (Acts 1:8). As the gospel spreads into other lands, the discipling/church-planting ministry must continue throughout the homeland. This Great Commission outlook recognizes that strength in the foreign missionary effort is developed through ongoing active ministry development at home.
America has become a secular nation in which nearly 180 million people make no profession of faith in Christ. Baptist Mid-Missions’ Church Planting and Development ministries have missionaries serving throughout the United States and Canada. Ministries include urban, suburban, inner-city, and ethnic church planting. We are also involved in training ethnic church planters and pastors.
Our vision involves both missionaries called to a career of church planting as well as those desiring to start a church and continue as its pastor. It requires godly, diligent, persistent personnel called of God with a burden for America.
2008 School of Church Planting
The 23rd annual School of Church Planting will be held June 16-19 at First Baptist Church in Medina, Ohio. This information-packed, four-day seminar equips pastors, missionaries, church leaders, and Bible students with both ministry strategies and practical, detailed instructions for church planting.
Taught by three veteran church planters, the School of Church Planting presents relevant topics to equip church planters to face the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. Graduate and undergraduate credit is available.
For further information, contact Dan Whitcher at dan4bmm@aol.com or (515) 554-2470. Information/Registration forms can be downloaded by clicking on this link: www.churchplantingna.org/school.
The following materials and resources on North America church planting are available:
The Y-B-H Handbook of Church Planting ($30.00)
How to Write a Church Constitution ($8.00)
A Checklist for Church Planters ($2.00)
Child Safety Guidelines for Church Planters ($10.00)
The Church Planter's Toolbox newsletter (download below)
(The Y-B-H Handbook is available through Amazon.com or Xulonpress.com. The other items are available for free electronically, or their printed versions can be ordered through Roger McNamara at rnmcnamara@juno.com or Dan Whitcher at dan4bmm@aol.com.
The Church Planting and Development ministry publishes a newsletter called The Church Planter's Toolbox. Click on the title to view current and past issues.