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requires extreme thought and prayer. We will then look at finances of the church. We will examine the who and the how when it come the stewardship. Finally closing the paper, we will examine where the main growth will take place small groups. Looking at four areas of small groups that a church plant must have. A successful church plant location is a vital part of the churches ministry. Malphurs says Locating the church campus is the most important decision, because when you locate a strategic campus

out, battle depression, and feel fatigue on a daily basis. Pastors usually keep 60 hour work weeks, are on call at all times, are required to perform multiple tasks beyond their ability, and put up with a host of abuses from members claiming to be Christians. Once I took a two week vacation. Upon returning from vacation, several members accused me of looking for another church to pastor during my

A discipling pastor is one who focuses more on equipping people than informing them. Information is good and must be given. However, if information is the only thing that is given, many times it can fall on deaf ears. In my local church, there are people who show up to Sunday school and every other discipleship function we offer. They are faithful to be present to hear the Word of God and seldom break that pattern. They love hearing the information, but it seldom becomes anything more than just

Pastor Daniel O'Doherty II, is the Lead Pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Lovington, New Mexico. Pastor Daniel has been at the church since July of 2011. He is the lead and only pastor at Lovington First. In 2003, he graduated from Southwestern Assemblies of God University with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry. Pastor Daniel grew up in the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area. He and his sister were raised by their mother, who worked full time. Pastor Daniel has always had a heart for youth. In

1. Background I serve as a pastoral intern at the Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston. This marks my second year of internship at this church. I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of becoming familiar with the culture of a non-denominational setting of the church. The Evanston Vineyard comprises of 57 nations of the world. The church is not only unique because of this particular diversity (for example, there is a Spanish-speaking congregation that convenes every Sunday in the La Viña auditorium

CRITICISMS OF CHURCH PLANTING ASSESSMENTS Controversial Topic Church planter assessment is occasionally a controversial topic.Before advocating for the development of even more tools for the assessment process, it is necessary to address some of the criticisms facing church planter assessment. “Assessment Isn’t Necessary” One argument, typically made by those not directly responsible for the recruitment and appointment of church planters is that a formal assessment process is not even necessary

presently in service. In response to my VFCL assignment of interviewing a pastor from my Field Site, I interviewed the Vineyard Community Life Pastor, Elizabeth (“Liz”) Hawes. Liz shared some information about the historical emergence of the Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston that is also available on the church website. According to its history, the Evanston Vineyard was founded in January of 1976. The founders of this church include the Senior Pastor and his wife, Steve and Cindy Nicholson, the Executive

aged and single mothers, teenagers, or children. There is a very high presence of gang activity and crime. It is here that the Abundant Life Church of Baltimore, Maryland, pastored by David Reever, sends out a group to hold weekly meetings in a space rented from a Baptist church. This group consists only of one single adult and one married couple. The attendance currently runs between 10-20 people per week. Launch Model: The church model that I would use would be a hybrid between the, “Apostolic

I. PERSONAL MISSIONAL TRANSFORMATION In this section, I intend to provide a SWOT analysis of my personal missional transformation and illustrate how the understanding of Trinitarian ecclesiology and missiology led me as a missional agent to embrace new mental models. A. Descriptive Analysis 1. Steps a. Identifying Strengths I believe that my strongest sides are mentoring and providing for leadership development. Several years ago, I developed a 9-month church leadership training curriculum

Introduction Making disciples is the all-encompassing purpose of the church. Many churches do a tremendous amount of work toward the goal of making disciples, but sometimes it is in an unhealthy manner. Just as a healthy person is going to have the most positive productivity in life, a healthy church will also have the most constructive output of discipleship. In this paper, I will explain how a healthy church is the goal for discipleship. In addition, I will examine my personal church context and