CHURCH PLANTING

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Stephanie Spellers (Focus: young adult, multicultural, Episcopal, urban)
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Carol Howard Merritt (Focus: Presbyterian, innovative, families)
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leaders and teams AndWebinars and
starting fall 2015, visit On-Demand
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our monthly webinar with top leaders
in innovative ministries.
Webinars and on-demand
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Webinars and On-Demand Courses
sustaining new ministries webinars, targeted readings and group work to introduce everything from
Start with Church Planting 1.0, a comprehensive 5-session course that combines webinars, targeted readings and
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communications support Get Them to Come Back: Matching Structure and Values: Covenants,
Authentic Relationship Bylaws and Governance
Get Them to Stay: Discipleship Next Generation More Money: Fundraising and Grant-writing
 CPRs team has been a foundation and a life-line. Theyve provided CPRs courses gave me the impetus and the tools to take my vision
both the expertise and the encouragement I needed to take the from dream to reality.

- Anna Woofenden - Sarah Buteux,

Garden Church in San Pedro, CA Common Ground in Northampton, MA

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Resources
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Download articles and materials lled with best practices for launching new ministries
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Planting Handbook
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ministries in mainline
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Fundraising
Fundraising
Use www.fundthisministry.org, our crowdsourcing platform for fundraising campaigns of every
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Communications and Media
Communications and Media
Audit your communications and social media to learn what youre saying, whos listening and how to connect with the
Audit your communications and social media to learn what youre saying, whos listening and how
people
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with the people you want to reach.

New Church Developer Certication

Were working with the best minds in theological education to upgrade our already strong
certication
ministry process
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gold standard ministry leaders. The gold
any denominational standard
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our customizable process will provide the best assessment, training, coaching and ongoing
assessment, training, coaching and ongoing community and structural support for new ministry leaders at any level.
community and structural support for new ministry leaders at any level.
And Stay Tuned for Lots More
Emmaus Ministry Pilgrimages
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the church doing the next new thing? If you want to learn from the best on the ground, CPR
has the relationships and the knowledge, and this fall well be ready to curate innovative ministry pilgrimages for
churchSabbatical Tours
leaders. Using ourand
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Many leaders learn best from visiting the places of new ministry innovation and talking with the
leaders making it happen. Using our list of vital, innovative ministry host sites and top-notch
link with fellow pilgrims
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will plug into context-specic cohorts for deeper reection and link up with fellow pilgrims on site.
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journey:
faithfully live out the Gospel.

Context-Specic Cohorts
Starting new ministries can be lonely. Join one of our new ministry cohorts to connect with other
entrepreneurial pastors and leaders who are working on similar ministry models or serving in similar
contexts. These cohort groups are facilitated by a fellow church start leader who will facilitate the
sharing of wisdom, ideas and encouragement in your monthly conversations. Some groups meet
in-person and others meet online. Some groups are regional; some are national. Some groups are
short term; some stay together for years. Join up with whatever group meets your needs. If none
Want to talk innovative ministry?
exists, we will help you start one!
Contact Stephanie Spellers, Director of New Ministry Development
stephanie@progressiverenewal.org 617.312.5218