Pre-session content
The Faithful Church Planter: The Ability to Teach
- Matt Fuller, Growing as a preacher – Handout
Or listen to Richard Bewes (June 2012) – feel free to choose either the first 34 minutes (a theology of preaching) or the last 12 minutes (practically growing as a preacher):
Or read:
- Jon Gemmell on Progressing in preaching in the midst of planting (5 min blog post)
- Or Tim Keller, Preaching in a secular culture (20 min read condensing most of Keller’s key insights on preaching)
The Word
2 Corinthians 3:4-4:6
The Church Plant
Package: Effective finance raising
- Fund raising presentation – Doug Cruz (slides pdf)
- The 4 pillars of a compelling case (handout pdf)
- Missionary Support Raising Roadmap (FFA)
- Clarifying Your Mission (handout pdf)
- Develop your communication plan (handout pdf)
- Develop your personal fundraising plan (handout pdf)
- 5 key to personal support raising (condensed version of The God Ask by Steve Shadrach)
- Project Management Triangle – article explainer, video explainer, application to Church Planting Movement
- The Donor Pyramid and how best to steward mid-level donors
- Pareto principle 80/20 – applied to communications & major donor fundraising
- Local census data to build case for need
The Planting Skills
Evangelistic Preaching and Application to a mixed context
- Evangelistic Preaching For Planters Part 2 (handout)
- Yannick on cultural difference, especially in preaching (from 23 min 30 sec)
- Jayson Georges, The 3D Gospel: Ministry in guilt, shame and fear cultures
- Tim Keller, Preaching
- Bryan Chapell on Fallen Condition Focus
We’re very grateful that Neil Powell, senior pastor of City Church Birmingham, co-founder and convener of 2020 Birmingham and London director for City to City UK, will be coming to unpack Tim Keller’s Center Church for the London Church Planting Academy on 4 Wednesday afternoons:
