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CHURCH PLANTING COURSE

UK syllabus

PURPOSE

The Great Commission commands and authorises us to take the gospel to neighbourhoods and the nations. The timeless and primary New Testament strategy for this is church planting. Planting churches is hard. Planting healthy churches is harder. Repeating the process on a regular basis is harder still. Jesus must be driving it from start to finish. From a human perspective, five things need to be in play to plant a healthy church: a called and capable leader, apostolic input, a core team, finance, and various types of meaningful support from others (such as the sending church and the wider movement). The Advance Church Planters’ Course (ACPC) exists to help produce the first of these four things – called and capable church plant leaders, whilst beginning to establish apostolic input through the ACPC coaching relationships, developing connections to the wider Advance movement and opening avenues for Advance financial support.

WHO?

ACPC is for those who are hope to church plant or take on the leadership of a church/site within the next two to three years. The expectation is that anyone leading a plant identified as an ‘Advance partner plant’ will complete ACPC as this provides consistency of content, assessment and coaching.

ACPC OBJECTIVES

ACPC has a specific focus, namely to equip and inspire participants in the essential skills and attitudes for church planting and church leadership. Although it involves theology, it is not a theological course per se. The ACPC pursues the following objectives:

  • Character: Tools to develop spiritual, emotional and marital health
  • Calling: Assessment and strengthening of calling to plant or lead a church
  • Competencies: Opportunities to learn, practice, and develop core competencies
  • Context: Equip participants to think and act contextually, with a missionary mindset
  • Community: Develop friendship and relationship with other leaders

MORE INFORMATION

Please download the full course framework for a detailed explanation of content and methodology.

Should you have any further questions then please do not hesitate to get in touch with Pete Cornford or Howard Kellett.

 

QUICK LOOK: 2023/24 DATES AND DETAILS
 
Cost
£500 per person per year.
 
Dates:
Term 1
Starts Monday 2 October 2023
Intensive 23 / 24 & 25 November 2023
Ends 15 December 2023
 
Term 2
Starts Monday 15 January 2024
Intensive 29 Feb, 1 & 2 March 2024
Ends 22 March 2024
 
Term 3
Starts Monday 6 May 2024
Intensive 20, 21 & 22 June 2024
Ends 12 July 2024