Lay Church Planting "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field" (Matt. 9:37-38; Luke 10:2, NIV).

As we pray the Lord's Prayer for harvesters, we recognize that God is calling His people to get involved in church planting. These resources are presented with a vision and hope of what could happen if "laypeople" were intentionally prayed for, identified, trained, and deployed by sponsoring churches, associations, and state conventions.

We agree with Dr. Henry T. Blackaby that unleashing and equipping laypeople is our best strategy to reach North America for Christ:

It is time to release God's people as the Holy Spirit directs them and to encourage them to do what they did in the New Testament: proclaim God's Good News to all whom He will send them and in all places He will lead them; to believe and to look for God to draw those being saved and add them together, forming them into new churches. The spiritual culture of our day does not lead God's people to expect this process to be happening to them or among them. We must let God return us to His perfect plan to touch the entire nation and world with His Good News. If the "laypeople" ever catch God's pattern for using them in church planting, the nation and world could come to hear God's Good News in our generation!

We recognize that God is calling Christians to be on mission with Him. Resources here are designed to assist laypeople to serve as primary church planters and on church planting teams in all types of churches:

• Churches meeting in homes
• Churches meeting in multi-housing communities
• Collegiate church planting
• Campus-based church planting
• Senior adult church planting
• Rural/town and country church planting
• Urban church planting
• People group focused church planting

Information for:

•  Church Members and Lay Church Planters
  • Who Me? A Church Planter: Participant's Guide
  • Test Your Church Planting Attitude
  • Discovering God's Call to a Church Planting Ministry
  • eQuip: Connecting with a Mentor & Developing a Learning Place
  • The Learning Place: Online Training for Church Planters

• Mobilizing Lay Church Planters
  • Who Me? A Church Planter: Group Discovery Guide
  • What is Important in Lay Church Planting? Core values for lay church planting
  • Laypeople in Church Planting: A Strategy Development Tool
    • Complete Manual (English)
    • Complete Manual (Spanish)
    • Individual Manual Units