The Church Planting Process

  1. INTERVIEWS & DISCERNMENT PROCESS: We start with a casual meeting with our Director of Church Planting. We then pray and discern together. Our team will then meet with you and further assist in the discernment process.
  2. ACCESSMENT: All of our planters go through an assessment process. The length and style of the assessment depends on the time of year and the experience of the candidate. Usually our assessment process takes about three days.
  3. DECISION: Once the potential planter has gone through the interview and discernment process, and has successfully completed the assessment, we move into a time of prayer and decision, asking the Lord for confirmation that He is in this.
  4. BOOT CAMP: Once the candidate and our team have made the decision that this is the right step for them, we send the planter couple to Boot Camp. This is a three day retreat were the planters learn and layout a plan for their church.
  5. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: We require our church planters to spend some time, (6 months to 2 years) working in an existing church plant in our network. The apprentice is paid during the apprenticeship.
  6. PRE LAUNCH PLANNING: During the apprenticeship program, we spend time planning and strategizing about the details of this plant. This can take months of preparation.
  7. LAUNCH: The date is set, the location is secured, the team is formed, and the plant launches with good signage and strong local marketing to let the community know about this new church.
  8. COACHING: From Launch date, and for an additional four years, our church planting leadership team coach and support our church planters.
  9. CADRES: All of our church planters meet monthly for a time of connecting, praying and learning together. We have two monthly network meetings taking place in BC. One in Vancouver, and the other in the Okanagan District.