Church Planting Curriculum

Core Courses

• Every Nation Core Values (6 hours)
• Discipleship Principles (12 hrs)
• Leadership (with specialized case studies) (6 hours)
• Spiritual Formation (6 hrs)
• Case Studies (12 hours) 

Specialized Content

Planning for Church Planting 

• Preparation – definition, reasons, and assumptions of Church Planting (Biblical framework of church planting)
• Assessment:  Personal call, family preparation, preparing for the target location
• Funding the church plant – means for Church planting: Financial Sources, Financial Principles, and Financial Provisions
• Equipment and resources

Personnel of Church Planting

• Raising a Team
• Building  the Team
• Forming your Core

Principles of Church Planting

• Implementing the Discipleship Process
• Natural Church Development 
• Various Models of Urban Church Planting
• Leadership skills (handling volunteers, conflict management % resolution, decision making)
• Church management, operations, and administration
• Communication skills (Biblical and Creative Preaching)
• Hermeneutics and Theology
• Worship Services
• Pastoral services (weddings, funerals, dedications, government licensing)
• Urban Ministry Strategies

Process of Church Planting

• 6 Stages of Pioneer Church Planting
• Conception. Values Driven Strategic Planning
• Development. Gathering, cultivating and growing  the Core Group
• Birth. Implementing the discipleship process.
• Growth. Leadership, vision, staffing, mobilization, assimilation, and organization for growth.
• Maturity. Leadership, resources and facilities of a maturing church.
• Reproduction. Timing and process of reproduction.

Practicum

• Case Studies on Church Planting
• Thesis Presentation of proposed church planting assignment 
• On-site visits of on-going church plants
• Mentoring from Pastors with Church Planting experience