EPHESUS SCHOOL OF MISSIONS & EVANGELISM
CHURCH PLANTING
(3 Credits)

Course Description
 Today, we see a renewed interest in church planting, and the Lord is blessing the efforts of church planters everywhere.  In this course the student will learn why new churches are needed; how to lay the spiritual and practical groundwork; the various methods of planting new churches; how new churches can help existing churches grow; and ways to target and attract the people you want to reach.  The student will be prepared and equipped to carry out what could be the greatest era of harvest the world has even seen!

Course Objective

  1. To motivate the student to give the ministry of church planting a higher place on personal and church agendas.

  2. To show the student the different ways and means available to vigorously multiply churches across the land.

  3. To provide some of the tools necessary to make church planting happen.

Course Content

Part 1 The Principles and Practices of Church Planting
  Lesson 1: Reasons for Church Planting
  Lesson 2: Barriers to Church Planting
  Lesson 3: Essentials for Planning
  Lesson 4: Twelve Ways to Plant a Church
  Lesson 5: The Location: A Crucial Decision

 

 Lesson 6: Building the Nucleus
  Lesson 7: Going Public
  Lesson 8: Leading Your New Church to Growth
   
Part 2 Case Studies in Church Planting
  Lesson 9: Church Planting among the Sundanese in Java, Indonesia
  Lesson 10: Church Planting among the Hakkas in Tungshih, Taiwan
  Lesson 11: Church Planting among the Tribal People in Maredumilli Samithi, India
  Lesson 12: Church Planting among the Matigsalogs in Mindanao, Philippines

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