We're Looking for Qualified Church Planters!

Mission USA and our district church planting agencies are always on the lookout for gifted potential church planters!  Possibilities include locations across the country.

Our USMB staff is on a collective mission to help isolate more qualified church planters.

Is God leading you to plant a church?  Do you have a passion for reaching lost people?  Want a challenge like you've never experienced before?

 

Charles Ridley is known for listing 13 qualifications that are required for church planters. Here they are (but we've added one more):

1. Visioning Capacity
2. Personal Motivation
3. Creating Ownership of Ministry/Building a Core Team
4. Reaching the Un-churched
5. Spousal Cooperation
6. Relationship Building
7. Commitment to a Healthy Reproducing Church
8. Responsiveness to Community
9. Gift Utilization
10. Flexibility and Adaptability
11. Builds Group Cohesiveness
12. Resilience
13. Exercising Faith
14. Added: Solid theological/biblical knowledge

For more information on the Ridley 13 - go here: http://bit.ly/I6PV8J

Use this link to locate on-line self-assessment tools:

http://www.newchurches.com/mcms_page_tutorial.php?nav=p-12201

 

            

Call me, I'd like to talk!

Don Morris, Director of Mission USA -- (405) 340-4178

Note: All potential church planters and spouses will be required to attend a challenging church planter assessment to evaluate giftedness, readiness and passion for church planting. We often use the Church Planting Assessment Center - http://www.churchplanting4me.org/

Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 by Don Morris

5 comments (Add your own)

1. Mike Mitchell wrote:
I am a pastor in south central Pennsylvania. My wife is a former Mormon, and before moving to Pennsylvania 2 years ago we lived in central Utah for four years. Our motive in moving there was to serve in a missionary capacity. I worked full time as a high school teacher, and we led a small group which we hoped would develop as a church plant, but the timing and location didn't allow that to come to fruition.

I hold an MA in Theological Studies from Asbury Seminary. I've also published a book on Evangelical perspectives on Mormonism, and my wife and I have a long term dream of returning to Utah, particularly the southern part, to plant a church there. With all this in mind, I was very interested in your posting for a potential church planter in that area.

What is your time frame for a church plant in Southern Utah, and what are your criteria for potential church planters?

Thank you,
Mike Mitchell

Mon, May 3, 2010 @ 9:51 AM

2. Don wrote:
Thanks, Mike.
Sorry it took a long time to get back to you. We are currently subsidizing a church plant in the southern part of Utah, and we could see that area as a potential location for additional church plants. Likely, that will not occur for another year or more. Our criteria for assessing church planters includes face-to-face visits, completion of a pre-assessment through Church Planter Profiles, and then if these steps are positive and a location isolated, we have a full assessment of the planter couple done by an independent assessing team.

If you're interested, contact me at don@missionusa.net and I can help you further.

Thanks,
Don

Wed, May 26, 2010 @ 12:39 PM

3. Art Tyree wrote:
Go for it, Mike!

I was raised in a largely Mormon town in Nevada and still have many Mormon friends. I think we should take the offensive in the enemy's territory. (The LDS people themselves are not enemies, but the source of their religion is).

I would love to be involved in church planting. I don't have the xarism, temperament, or resources to do it alone, but would go for the idea of being on a team. There are many opportunities. Especially among college student populations.

Sun, August 8, 2010 @ 7:42 PM

4. Don Morris wrote:
Art:
Thanks for your comment! I would encourage you to check out some of the stories we have on this website about our church plants in Utah. We are in the process of planting the 4th MB church in the Salt Lake City area and also have a plant in St. George. Obviously there is much work to be done in this predominantly LDS culture. West Valley City is the location of the latest plant.

Contact me with your info at don@missionusa.net

Thu, August 19, 2010 @ 4:14 PM

5. Art Tyree wrote:
Good to see the plan to plant churches in Utah. I believe Mennonites would be especially good witnesses to Mormons as they have a strong sense of community, they have an agrarian/rural background as do Mormons, and they are devoted and happy people.

Would like to talk to someone about church-planting, as I consider missions and new works as my xarism. Am open to ideas and opportunities!

ART

Sat, September 18, 2010 @ 9:29 PM

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