Church Planting Resource Library

Welcome to the Church Planting Resource Library! Thousands of resources are just a few clicks away . . .

(All resources are in PDF format, unless otherwise noted.) 

Administration

• Going to Additional Services in Your New Plant
• Church Planting Budget Worksheet — (Word)

Church Health

 Church Planting Basics

 Church Plant Models/Types

• Twenty-one Church Planting Designs (Models) for the Twenty-first Century!
• Multisite Church Plants
• Planting Messianic Synagogues
• Cowboy Church
• Truckstop Ministry 
• Korean Baptist Church Plants 

Church Planter Profile

• Personal Profile and Inventory Assessment Tool
• Discovery Tools
• PLACE
• Quick Test

Church Planting Proposals

• Church Planting Proposal Samples
• Preparation for Church Planting

Discipleship/Membership

• How to Add New Members (PDF)
• How to Add New Members -- (PPT)
• Basic Lessons of Faith, Becoming Follower of Jesus

Evangelism/Church Growth

• How to Conduct Community Surveys — (PPT)
• Planting Your Church from the Harvest — (PPT)
• Using Sunday School to Start New Churches — (PPT)
• Growth Principles That Are Always in Season — (PPT)
• Church Planting Growth Projector
• 10 Steps to Sponsoring a Growing, Healthy, Multiplying Church(PPT) 

Growth Projector for Church Plants

• Church Planting Growth Projector

Incorporation/Constitution/Budget

Manuals/Books

• Reaching a Nation through Church Planting
• Mentor Guide for Church Planters 
• A Manual for Partnering Churches 
• Basic Training 
• Church Planter Proposal Workbook 
• Nehemiah Project Manual

Marketing/Outreach

• Pastoral Letters for Church Planters (This ZIP file contains over 85 sample letters.  Click on the link, save the ZIP file to your computer, and unZIP the file on your local hard drive to open any of the letters in Word.)
• Total Church Communication Planbook 
• Ten-Minute Guide for Marketing Your Church 
• Putting the Zing in your Brochures 

Missional Churches

• Missional Church Book
• Missional Church Discussion Guide

Prayer

• Church Planting Prayer Strategy
• Developing a Prayer Warrior Network
• The Luke 10:2b Strategy
• On Mission as a Lighthouse of Prayer
• A Prayer-Walking Guide
• Taking Prayer to the Streets

Revitalization

• How to Turn Your Church Around
• How to Turn Your Church Around -- (PPT)

Stewardship/Cooperative Program

• How to Finance Your Sponsored Church — (PPT)
• The Cooperative Program . . . Keep It Going
• The Stewardship Challenge

Studies

• The Church Planting Process by Ed Stetzer

Southern Baptist Polity

Theology

• Christian Baptism
• Lessons of Faith

Technology

• Developing a Creative Worship Team (PPT)
• How to Use Movie Clips in Your Message (PPT)
• Incorporating Video into Your Service (PPT)
• Dealing with Copyright Issues (Word)
• Podcasting

Volunteers in Ministry

• How to Enlist Volunteers
• How to Motivate Volunteers

Worship

• Going to Additional Services in Your New Church
• Are You Ready For Your First Public Worship Service?
• How to Conduct Special Services in Your New Church Plant
• Dealing with Copyright Issues (Word)