Recommended VendorsThe resources on this site are provided to assist the church planter in the various aspects of planning a new church. |
| Mission Service Corps | Alpharetta, Georgia |
| (770) 410-6435 | |
| www.namb.net/answerthecall2/msc | |
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MSC provides a wonderful Support Development School for non-funded church planters. Their Ministry Partner Development is a process to involve other Christians in the fulfillment of the Great Comission. During MSC Support Development School, you will spend approximately 26 hours learning principles that will enable you to raise your personal and/or ministry support for a lifetime of service.
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| Barna Research Online | Oxnard, California |
| 1 800 55-BARNA (552-2762) | |
| www.barna.org | |
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This is a useful site for church planters who desire information regarding the latest research about current trends in our culture. Additionally, the helpful analysis and information that you can trust is a big plus for the planter. Best of all, it's free. It's also convenient. And you can stay abreast of timely information from Barna Research just by checking your e-mail.
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| NewChurches.com | Cumming, Georgia |
| (770) 889-1032 | |
| www.newchurches.com | |
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New Churches.com provides an entire series of materials for the church planter. Most of these are free. This site has received awards as the most user-friendly site by EMQ.
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| Peoplegroups.info | www.peoplegroups.info |
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Users can search for people groups in their area, request information on people group resources, connect with other people group workers, and download research helps in reporting people groups in their area.
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Church Planting Solutions |
Centreville, Virginia |
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(866) 342-5264 |
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Church Planting Solutions exists to help keep church planters focused on people. Their services are aimed at helping church planters complete the seemingly endless details associated with starting a new church. They give away many useful free resources on their web site, including a comprehensive launch plan checklist with over 400 actions. They also offer a full-service support where they manage the launch plan and complete many of its actions for the church planter. Their unique online launch plan management system helps planters stay organized, resulting in more time building relationships with people in the community.
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| Yvon Prehn | |
| The Lions Voice helps churches create communications that enable people to connect with God and each other. This website is for people doing church communication work including desktop publishing, marketing, writing, and website creation. It also contains quite a bit of strategic advice for pastors and church leaders who plan and oversee church communications. It is created with the prayer that it will help the church fully fulfill the Great Commission through their communications. |
Equipment
| Sprung Instant Structures | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 1 800 528-9899 | |
| www.sprung.com | |
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Sprung Instant Structures provides innovative church structures that have been used across North America as highly attractive, semi-permanent sanctuaries or multi-functional meeting spaces. Flexible leasing with purchase options is available. The great thing about a Sprung structure is that it is fully relocatable if you ever face a site relocation need.
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| Portable Church Industries | Troy, Michigan |
| 1 800 939-7722 | |
| www.portablechurch.com | |
| Let PCI show you how to make your portable church even more portable. Your location may be temporary ... your ministry is anything but! PCI provides assistance for opening day launch and post-launch adjustments for each of their customers. Learn how to set up in a school, theater, or civic center in less than an hour with Portable Church Industries. |
Marketing
| Church Marketing Solutions |
Centreville, Virginia |
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(866) 342-5264 |
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Church Marketing Solutions is a full-service marketing organization for churches that function on a not-for-profit basis. They offer free demographic reports and specialize in serving new churches. They offer design, printing, and mail shop services at a fraction of the price of most commercial organizations. |
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| Outreach, Inc. | Vista, Californina |
| 1 800 991-6011 | |
| www.churchplants.com | |
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Outreach, Inc. offers all NAMB church planters a free Church Launch Gift Pack and a 10% discount on other tools! You will receive a demographic report, impact mailers, $100 coupon toward logo development, a trial issue of Outreach magazine, and a "Funding Your Church Plant" CD.
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| Reaching America.com | Suwanee, Georgia |
| (678) 341-1315 or 1 800 913-0016 | |
www.ReachingAmerica.com |
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45,000,000 people in the United States will move in the next 12 months. The most effective evangelism to this people group is reaching them within the first 30 days of move-in when they are most receptive to the outreach of the local church. ReachingAmerica.com provides a turn-key service by which any church, regardless of budget, can utilize this evangelism tool. The website provides the church easy-to-use tools to design a highly personalized, full color, jumbo post card invitation series. On a weekly basis, ReachingAmerica.com identifies those who have moved the previous week, designs, prints, and mails THREE personalized, customized invitations to each new mover. There are no upfront costs, subscription requirements, or minimum charges. You can find visitors in your community, as well as design your own invitations at NO CHARGE. For additional information or samples, contact:
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| SermonCentral | Vista, California |
| 1 866 899-4426 | |
| www.sermoncentral.com | |
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SermonCentral is the world's leader in sermon resources and research. They are dedicated to eguipping pastors worldwide for excellence in preaching.
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| The Atlas of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Fax: (613) 947-2410 | |
| http://atlas.gc.ca/site | |
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The Canadian Communities Atlas Project is an ongoing project working with various groups within Canada to study environment, people, society, and economic indicators within the Canadian context.
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| US Census Bureau | Washington, DC |
| (301) 763-INFO (763-4636) | |
| www.census.gov | |
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The United States Census Bureau provides housing statistics, population statistics, economic data, and area profiles as well as assistance with their American FactFinder software.
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| IRS Charities and Non-Profits | Washington, DC |
| (202) 847-6748 | |
| www.irs.gov/charities/index.html | |
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The Internal Revenue Service provides needed information online for churches and other non-profit charities.
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| Geodemographic Information Links | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 1 800 774-3360 | |
| www.newlifeministries-nlm.org/online/links-geodemo | |
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New Life Ministries provides a wealth of geodemographic information links for those who desire to better understand their area of ministry. Sites include both private and commercial sites which provide various types of demographical information.
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Churchwebsites |
1413 Annapolis Road, Odenton, Maryland. |
| (866) 613-5050 | |
| www.churchwebsites.com | |
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Churchwebsites makes it possible for every church to be successful on the information superhighway. Building a website has never been easier, more cost effective, or served a churches needs better than with the innovative system developed for churches by Churchwebsites. Now every church can podcast, have a blog, develop a web gallery, have over 99 e-mail accounts, upload weekly messages, and conduct e-commerce at rates that are more affordable than anything pastors may have imagined. Go to the front page of the Village to start developing your website now and in ten minutes you will have a site you will be proud of.
If you can write a document in Word® you can develop a website that will touch peoples lives and grow a church plant. Get started today.
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| Christianity Today | Carol Stream, Illinois |
| (630) 260-6200 | |
| ChristianityToday.com | |
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Christianity Today provides a wealth of resources for pastors and church planters! Their free section is helpful for planters just starting out. On the main page you can link to Preaching Today, Building Church Leaders, and Leadership Journal. They offer a free handout of the month which includes solid teaching on a biblical subject.
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| Elmer Towns | Lynchburg, Virginia |
| (435) 582-2169 | |
| www.elmertowns.com | |
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Elmer Towns has long been a provider of helpful resources for church planters. Check out his church planters book online. The site provides free books and materials.
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| Multiplication Ministries | (760) 726-9700 |
| www.multimin.com | |
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Multiplication Ministries offers materials that teach one-on-one discipling through multiplication. |
Theaters
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National Cinemedia |
Centennial, Colorado |
| 1 866 633-8232 | |
| www.cinemeetings.com or click here | |
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It's no secret that every church faces its share of challenges, the first of which is finding a place to hold services. Small churches can outgrow their space quickly, and new churches need a highly visible, attractive area to attract new members. The answer? The National Cinemedia Worship Solution. Complete with stadium seating, audio/visual capabilities, and ample parking and restroom facilities, theaters make an ideal, low-cost place for churches to plant and grow. When you contact National Cinemedia, be sure to mention that you are with the Southern Baptist Convention and you will automatically receive the 12-month discount rate along with the non-profit church rate. |
Software
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Converge |
Centreville, Virginia |
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(866) 342-5264 |
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Converge is a church planting management system that delivers great church planting resources in an easy to use system. Converge is three powerful applications in one...a training module, a launch plan creation mocule, and a launch plan management module. You will get more of the right things accomplished and in less time. The result: you will spend more time with people and less on administration..and it's priced for church planters to afford.
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ACS Technologies |
Florence, South Carolina |
| 1 800 736-7425, x8114 | |
| www.acstechnologies.com/products/cpms | |
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The Church Planter Management System (CPMS) provides a finely tuned information management software solution geared towards developing strong, healthy churches. It specifically helps church planters focus on growing the ministry of a new church, while simplifying the bookkeeping and member management. Each detail—managing people, tracking spiritual growth, giving and giving statements, contact information, counseling notes, letter templates, and so on—has been developed amidst years of working with church planters and pastors, and represents the best there is to offer up-and-coming churches as both a ministry and church business too. For more information, contact Tom Panos, Account Manager, at the number above.
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Networked Resources
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Passion for Planting |
Centreville, Virginia |
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(866) 342-5264 |
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Passion for Planting is a church planting support organization that comes alonside church planters to offer high-quality, low-cost services in the areas that traditionally consume a church planter's time. Their services include marketing, equipment and project management, and they give away some great free resources (e.g. launch checklissts, equipment lists, etc.)
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Global Pastors Network |
Orlando, Florida |
| (407) 826-2088 | |
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GPN provides relationship-building opportunities for the fulfillment of the Great Commission; promotes shared resources for kingdom-minded church planters worldwide; publishes current research for successful evangelism and church planting, both nationally and internationally; prepares strategic recommendations for global partners; and produces reports measuring the progress of the Billion Soul Initiative—an interactive contact method for consistent reception of data charting progress in reaching the ten-year goal of five million churches and a billion souls.
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