Join the Movement

Path 1 isn’t an agency program or initiative. It was started by – and belongs to – the entire denomination. Identify what God may be calling you to do to start new places for new people.

Here are a few ways you may influence the conversation, the agenda and the vision for church planting in your area.

Vision-Casting
Help Path 1 cast a vision that compels The United Methodist Church to find and train 1,000 church planters to start 650 healthy, new congregations in the United States by the end of 2012 – even across conference and jurisdictional lines!

Coaching
All new church starts – and their major stakeholders – need skilled and effective coaching to ensure viability, sustainability and multiplication in their first decade. The Path 1 Coaching Network provides well-trained and endorsed coaches to work in all phases of church planting. Check here to hire or become a coach.   

Discerning
Are you (or is someone you know) being called to start a new place for new people? Is your congregation ripe for planting a new congregation? For reaching an entirely different culture? Are there entrepreneurial young people in your midst who may need your encouragement to discern God’s call on their lives? Look for tools available to aid in this process here.

Tentmaking
The Lay Missionary Planting Network offers a grassroots process of calling, equipping and sending laity to lead or serve on planting teams for new congregations. Several Annual Conferences are participating in a beta-test, funded in part by a grant from The Foundation for Evangelism. Learn more about LMPN.

Multiplying
New churches partnered with vital, growing churches thrive. To create a culture where all thrive to more rapidly transform the mission field, the Readiness 360 inventory helps assess potential partner congregations.  Results link to tools and strategies to help those congregations be better positioned for fruitfulness. Learn more.

Please Join the Movement and put your God-given gifts to good use.