Case studies of church planting churches in the upper midwestern United States

B David Mobile

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Case studies of church planting churches in the upper midwestern United States

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B David Mobile. Case Studies of Church Planting Churches In the Upper Midwestern United States. Dallas Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/2944d905-3177-404a-a315-56d67ffb9754.

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B. D. Mobile. Case studies of church planting churches in the upper midwestern United States. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/2944d905-3177-404a-a315-56d67ffb9754

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B David Mobile. Case Studies of Church Planting Churches In the Upper Midwestern United States. Dallas Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/2944d905-3177-404a-a315-56d67ffb9754.

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This case study set out to discover effective principles of church planting churches in the upper midwestern United States. Five hypotheses guided this study: people from the mother church leave to plant the new church; church planters have a relationship with the mother church before starting a new church; daughter churches are planted locally in relation to the mother church; daughter churches are financially supported by the mother church for a period of time; and the people from the daughter church fully support the church planter. The hypotheses were supported by the literature and case study. As a result of these case studies, seven principles surfaced. The first principle is finding the 'right' person. Without the 'right' person, the rest of the principles do not matter. Principle number two is assessment, which verifies that he, is indeed the 'right' person for the job. Principle number three is the five percent rule: every new church that is planted will give five percent of its offerings to an escrow account for a minimum of three years. This is where the money comes from to plant new churches. Principle number four is partnering for the purpose of sharing resources. Principle number five is that a church plant becomes a fully functional church on its launch day, which allows the bookkeeping systems of the church to include paying the salary of the church planter from day one. Principle number six is raising support, which takes the pressure off the church planter to raise his full salary. Principle seven is networking, which makes partnering easier and contributes to the nonfinancial support of the planters. It is hoped that these principles will work to make a difference in the way churches are started and that they will be tested in different places by other networks of churches that desire to create movements of church planting churches.

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