The nature of entrepreneurship in church planting : a continuum

Foster, Alan

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The nature of entrepreneurship in church planting : a continuum

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Foster, Alan. The Nature of Entrepreneurship In Church Planting : a Continuum. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/32560e08-5814-4c7c-aa6a-d025ab010bf9.

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F. Alan. The nature of entrepreneurship in church planting : a continuum. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/32560e08-5814-4c7c-aa6a-d025ab010bf9

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Foster, Alan. The Nature of Entrepreneurship In Church Planting : a Continuum. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/32560e08-5814-4c7c-aa6a-d025ab010bf9.

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Foster, Alan

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of entrepreneurship in the church planting endeavor. The nature of entrepreneurship affects many aspects of the church planting endeavor. It affects the needed personality traits of the church planter, the nature of a church planting opportunity, the model of church planting, and the relationship between church planters and their calling organizations, and even the conflicts that can occur in those relationships. The current literature does not address the nature of entrepreneurship in church planting. Church planters and their calling organizations that do not account for the nature of entrepreneurship risk the health of the church planting venture. This study utilized a qualitative design using semi-structured interviews with church planters and the leaders of their calling organization in three different church planting situations. The current literature was reviewed in the areas of entrepreneurship and church planting. Also, original research was conducted through personal interviews with three church planting situations, both with the planter and the leader of the calling organization. The literature review and interview analysis focused on three key areas: the entrepreneurial traits of church planters, the available models for church planting as they relate to entrepreneurship, and the entrepreneurial aspects of the relationship between church planters and their calling organizations. This study concluded that there is a continuum of degrees of entrepreneurship for the church planting endeavor. This continuum speaks to the personality traits involved in how church planters choose a church planting situation and how calling organizations choose a church planter, it speaks to the choice of a church planting model, and it speaks to the structure of the relationship between church planters and their calling organization, as well as conflicts that can occur in the relationship. It shows that more people can plant a church than think they can plant a church. To address these challenges, this study provided tools to aid church planters and their calling organizations in their missionary efforts to spread the gospel.

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