Annual Conference Partnering

No single strategy or model for church planting, no “one-size-fits-all” approach works in every context. Path 1 Contextualized Partnership Covenants provide staff to collaborate with annual conference leaders. New Church Strategists assist in designing plans to meet unique goals and needs.

Annual Conferences have a crucial role to play in creating a culture that is new church missionary-friendly. We hope these resources help you navigate the many steps along the new church start journey.

Find: identify gifted new church missionaries and places in your annual conference that are in need of a new congregation.

Equip: equip those pre-screened leaders and their launch teams to increase success.

Plant: select the right planting strategy which informs benchmarks, funding and exit strategy.

Multiply: support those healthy congregations that are ripe for multiplying through starting a new congregation.

Fund: create systems and processes that help you provide adequate funding for new church starts.

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To explore partnership options in your annual conference, contact path1@gbod.org.