This presentation was given to Dr. Sammy Cambell's "Challenges in Local Missions" class at Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, AL. I was asked to share ways that partner churches can help church plants.

1. A
Church
Planter’s
Wish List

2. Senior Pastor
Staff
Missions Team
Congregation
Permission

3. Galatians 2:1-2; 9-10 (HCSB)
1 Then after 14 years I went up again to Jerusalem with
Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 I went up because of a
revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among
the Gentiles—but privately to those recognized as leaders—so
that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.
9 When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars,
acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave
the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing
that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the
circumcised. 10 They asked only that we would remember the
poor, which I made every effort to do.

4. Shared Vision

5. Acts 13:1-3 (HCSB)
1 In the local church at Antioch there were prophets and
teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the
Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul. 2 As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the
Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the
work that I have called them to.” 3 Then, after they had
fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.

6. Friendship

7. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (HCSB)
9 Two are better than one because they have a good reward
for their efforts. 10 For if either falls, his companion can lift
him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him
up. 11 Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but
how can one person alone keep warm? 12 And if somebody
overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three
strands is not easily broken.

8. Prayer

9. Philippians 1:3-5 (HCSB)
3 I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you, 4
always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer, 5
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day
until now.

10. Core Group
(Leaders!!)
1st
Service
Short Term
Reinforcements
Volunteers

11. Acts 11:19-22 (HCSB)
19 Those who had been scattered as a result of the
persecution that started because of Stephen made their way
as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the
message to no one except Jews. 20 But there were some of
them, Cypriot and Cyrenian men, who came to Antioch and
began speaking to the Hellenists, proclaiming the good news
about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord’s hand was with them,
and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. 22 Then
the report about them reached the ears of the church in
Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as
Antioch.

12. Acts 11:23-26 (HCSB)
23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad,
and he encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with
a firm resolve of the heart— 24 for he was a good man, full of
the Holy Spirit and of faith—and large numbers of people
were added to the Lord. 25 Then he went to Tarsus to search
for Saul, 26 and when he found him he brought him to
Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and
taught large numbers, and the disciples were first called
Christians in Antioch.

13. Money

14. 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 (HCSB)
2 Corinthians 8:1-7
1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God
granted to the churches of Macedonia: 2 during a severe
testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep
poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity. 3 I
testify that, on their own, according to their ability and
beyond their ability, 4 they begged us insistently for the
privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, 5 and not
just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves
especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will. 6 So we urged
Titus that, just as he had begun, so he should also complete
this grace to you. 7 Now as you excel in everything—in faith,
in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for
us—excel also in this grace.

15. Office Space
Personnel
Equipment
Incubator

16. Acts 15:36 (HCSB)
36 After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s
go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have
preached the message of the Lord, and see how they’re
doing.”

17. Network

18. Rockstar
Ed Stetzer
Andy Stanley
Aubrey Malphurs
John Burke
Craig Groeshel
Exponential
Developing Churches Network
The Sticks
Perry Noble

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