November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee
Ministries & Organizations
Church of Christ
Church of Christ Planting Organizations: networks, ministries, and support teams that help launch, strengthen, and sustain new Churches of Christ congregations. Organizations listed here may provide coaching, assessment, training, funding pathways, residency programs, leadership development, strategic planning, outreach resources, and ongoing care for planters—equipping leaders and sponsoring churches to start healthy, mission-focused congregations.
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Church of ChristArkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN)Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) is a Maumelle, Arkansas-based network (founded in 2012) that supports church…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN)
Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) — Organization Profile Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) is a ministry network focused on starting new churches in Arkansas and nearby regions by connecting and supporting like-minded congregations and leaders. Founded in 2012, ACPN describes…
Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) — Organization Profile Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) is a ministry network focused on starting new churches in Arkansas and nearby regions by connecting and supporting like-minded congregations and leaders. Founded in 2012, ACPN describes itself as a cooperative effort among Independent Christian Churches and other Restoration Movement–connected churches that want to help launch new local congregations rooted in shared biblical convictions. ACPN’s work centers on strengthening the relationships and practical support systems that make church planting healthier and more sustainable. The network highlights a “better together” approach—helping church planters avoid isolation by building connections with established churches and other partners who can provide encouragement, accountability, prayer, and resources. In other words, ACPN functions as…
Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) — Organization Profile
Arkansas Church Planting Network (ACPN) is a ministry network focused on starting new churches in Arkansas and nearby regions by connecting and supporting like-minded congregations and leaders. Founded in 2012, ACPN describes itself as a cooperative effort among Independent Christian Churches and other Restoration Movement–connected churches that want to help launch new local congregations rooted in shared biblical convictions.
ACPN’s work centers on strengthening the relationships and practical support systems that make church planting healthier and more sustainable. The network highlights a “better together” approach—helping church planters avoid isolation by building connections with established churches and other partners who can provide encouragement, accountability, prayer, and resources. In other words, ACPN functions as a hub that helps churches and planters move from vision to on-the-ground action.
A core focus is direct care and development for planters. ACPN states that it provides resources and support for leaders called to plant, with an emphasis on leader care, training, and mentoring so that new congregations can grow in maturity and reach. This includes walking alongside church planters over time, not only at launch, and encouraging healthy rhythms that sustain ministry in the early, demanding seasons of a new work.
Another key lane is partnership-building. ACPN describes its role as helping form strategic relationships between established churches, church plants, church-planting organizations, and planters themselves. These relationships can include prayer support, financial partnership, coaching and training connections, and practical help—each aimed at strengthening the long-term stability of a new congregation while keeping the mission focused on evangelism and disciple-making.
In 2020, ACPN launched a specific emphasis on Hispanic church planting in communities across Arkansas, and the network points to related partnerships and outcomes connected to that initiative. ACPN also directs readers to Latino Christian Movement (LCM), a separate ministry that exists to provide resources and networking for planting Hispanic Christian churches in the United States. Together, these efforts reflect ACPN’s intent to support church planting that is locally rooted while also responsive to the changing demographics and ministry opportunities within Arkansas.
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Church of ChristBE1MK1BE1MK1 is a Cookeville, Tennessee-based discipleship nonprofit offering coaching, training, and church planting support through its…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
BE1MK1
BE1MK1 — Organization Profile BE1MK1, also styled Be 1 Make 1, is a discipleship-focused Christian nonprofit that helps people and church leaders move from general interest in discipleship to a more defined, reproducible process. The organization describes its core aim…
BE1MK1 — Organization Profile BE1MK1, also styled Be 1 Make 1, is a discipleship-focused Christian nonprofit that helps people and church leaders move from general interest in discipleship to a more defined, reproducible process. The organization describes its core aim as helping people be disciples who make disciples and live on mission with Jesus. Through its teaching content, coaching, and training tools, BE1MK1 centers its work on helping believers discover purpose, form habits of spiritual growth, and take practical steps toward disciple-making in everyday life. The ministry traces its story to a disciple-making relationship between Chip and Anthony that began more than 20 years ago and later developed into the BE1MK1 mission. From that background, the organization now offers a…
BE1MK1 — Organization Profile
BE1MK1, also styled Be 1 Make 1, is a discipleship-focused Christian nonprofit that helps people and church leaders move from general interest in discipleship to a more defined, reproducible process. The organization describes its core aim as helping people be disciples who make disciples and live on mission with Jesus. Through its teaching content, coaching, and training tools, BE1MK1 centers its work on helping believers discover purpose, form habits of spiritual growth, and take practical steps toward disciple-making in everyday life.
The ministry traces its story to a disciple-making relationship between Chip and Anthony that began more than 20 years ago and later developed into the BE1MK1 mission. From that background, the organization now offers a framework built around the On Mission Pathway and the SKILLS of Jesus, presenting discipleship not only as a belief system but as a pattern of life that can be learned and practiced. Its language consistently emphasizes clarity, maturity, and mission, with resources meant to help individuals understand where they are spiritually and what their next step should be.
BE1MK1 is based in Cookeville, Tennessee, and its work serves people through local churches, ministry leaders, and college-campus ministry settings, including church planting work connected to Morehead, Kentucky. Its audience includes individual believers, leadership teams, and prospective church planters. The organization’s “Church for the Campus” initiative shows a particular interest in ministry near college campuses, where it helps leaders think through training, sending, establishing new works, and ongoing coaching for ministry on the front lines.
Operationally, BE1MK1 works through several connected channels. Its On Mission Pathway helps individuals assess their spiritual journey and engage a step-by-step process for growth. Its On Mission Coaching serves church leaders and teams through key milestones, workshops, team-building exercises, and disciple-making training. It also provides the On Mission Leader training, the Speak Your Purpose course, and a library of teaching tools such as journals, discipleship guides, and videos. Across these offerings, the organization’s distinct emphasis is on a clear, transferable discipleship process that can be used by both individuals and ministry teams.
People can engage with BE1MK1 in several ways. Individuals can explore the pathway resources, enroll in training, purchase discipleship tools, and subscribe to the ministry newsletter. Church leaders can schedule discovery calls and explore coaching designed to help entire teams build alignment and action. Supporters can also give financially through the organization’s donation platform; BE1MK1 identifies itself as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. For readers looking for a ministry that combines discipleship training, leader development, and college-campus church planting support, BE1MK1 offers a focused model built around coaching, practical tools, and mission-oriented formation.
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Church of ChristChurch of Christ PlantsChurch of Christ Plants is a Wynne, Arkansas–oversighted missions effort that partners with World English Institute…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
Church of Christ Plants
Church of Christ Plants — Organization Profile Church of Christ Plants is a missions and church-planting effort formed in 2014 by Bill Stewart and Pam Stewart with a stated mission of reaching souls with the gospel of Jesus Christ in…
Church of Christ Plants — Organization Profile Church of Christ Plants is a missions and church-planting effort formed in 2014 by Bill Stewart and Pam Stewart with a stated mission of reaching souls with the gospel of Jesus Christ in places where there is not a church of Christ. The ministry works with a traveling team that conducts evangelism, Bible studies, and follow-up support aimed at establishing new congregations and strengthening local leadership. The work is administered under the oversight of the Wynne Church of Christ in Wynne, Arkansas, and it operates with a global scope. Rather than focusing on one region, Church of Christ Plants describes a pattern of going where opportunities are available, especially where long-term local congregations…
Church of Christ Plants — Organization Profile
Church of Christ Plants is a missions and church-planting effort formed in 2014 by Bill Stewart and Pam Stewart with a stated mission of reaching souls with the gospel of Jesus Christ in places where there is not a church of Christ. The ministry works with a traveling team that conducts evangelism, Bible studies, and follow-up support aimed at establishing new congregations and strengthening local leadership.
The work is administered under the oversight of the Wynne Church of Christ in Wynne, Arkansas, and it operates with a global scope. Rather than focusing on one region, Church of Christ Plants describes a pattern of going where opportunities are available, especially where long-term local congregations are not yet established. This includes international outreach that has involved locations such as Ulyanovsk, Russia and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, among other places where the team has sought to encourage new congregations and discipleship.
A distinctive part of Church of Christ Plants’ approach is its partnership with World English Institute (WEI). Through this relationship, the team connects with students who have been learning English through Bible-based materials and then arranges in-person receptions and conversational Bible studies in those cities. The goal is not only to teach, but to help seekers understand and respond to the gospel, and to connect new believers to ongoing discipleship and local church life.
Church of Christ Plants also describes its field strategy as using Pauline mission methodology—teaching the gospel, identifying potential local leaders, and training them to preach and evangelize in their own country. The team notes that they may return to previously established areas to encourage and support the developing congregation. This emphasis on local leadership development is intended to help new works continue beyond the short-term presence of a visiting team.
Individuals and churches can engage with Church of Christ Plants by learning about its mission, following newsletters and updates, praying for open doors and local leadership development, and supporting the travel and ministry costs connected with international trips. The organization also shares stories and summaries of its work through its website resources, including pages highlighting locations where congregations have been planted or encouraged.
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Church of ChristGreat Cities MissionsGreat Cities Missions (GCM) is based in Addison, Texas, and supports church-planting teams serving Spanish- and…Church of Christ · Church of Christ
Great Cities Missions
Great Cities Missions — Organization Profile Great Cities Missions (GCM) is a mission agency devoted to “Sharing Christ with the Latin World” by helping missionary teams plant churches and develop leaders in major urban centers. From its base in Addison,…
Great Cities Missions — Organization Profile Great Cities Missions (GCM) is a mission agency devoted to “Sharing Christ with the Latin World” by helping missionary teams plant churches and develop leaders in major urban centers. From its base in Addison, Texas, the ministry focuses on Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities across the Latin World, partnering with churches and missionaries to establish congregations that can thrive long-term in their local context. GCM’s stated mission reaches beyond church planting alone. Alongside training and teaching, the organization describes a commitment to practical compassion—helping meet basic needs such as clothing, food, and shelter while pointing people to Christ and supporting local believers as they grow in faith. The long-term aim is multiplication: helping new believers…
Great Cities Missions — Organization Profile
Great Cities Missions (GCM) is a mission agency devoted to “Sharing Christ with the Latin World” by helping missionary teams plant churches and develop leaders in major urban centers. From its base in Addison, Texas, the ministry focuses on Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities across the Latin World, partnering with churches and missionaries to establish congregations that can thrive long-term in their local context.
GCM’s stated mission reaches beyond church planting alone. Alongside training and teaching, the organization describes a commitment to practical compassion—helping meet basic needs such as clothing, food, and shelter while pointing people to Christ and supporting local believers as they grow in faith. The long-term aim is multiplication: helping new believers and churches become leaders, teachers, and missionaries who can carry the gospel throughout their own communities, cities, and nations.
A distinctive emphasis of Great Cities Missions is the life-cycle care of missionary families. The organization equips missionaries through preparation that includes language readiness, team dynamics, and urban church-planting strategy, and it also provides ongoing support while families live overseas. That care continues through transitions, including guidance and support for re-entry when missionaries return to their home culture.
Great Cities Missions also articulates a clear vision for its church-planting strategy: to see a “main avenue” church planted in every major city of the Latin World. In practical terms, GCM comes alongside teams with what they need to establish a strong, healthy church in a city’s central hub so that the congregation can reach more people and become a stable light for Christ in the region.
With decades of ministry experience, Great Cities Missions reports that more than 100 missionary families are embedded in communities and churches throughout the Latin World, and that, using its recruiting and training model, 250+ congregations are now meeting, teaching, and serving their communities. Individuals who sense a call to missions can explore GCM’s application pathway and missionary forms, while churches and supporters can engage through prayer, giving, and following ministry updates and stories from the field.
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Church of ChristHome Church ResourcesHome Church Resources is an Auburn, Alabama-based ministry that equips Christians to start and lead home…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
Home Church Resources
Home Church Resources — Organization Profile Home Church Resources is a Christian ministry that helps people start and lead home churches through online training, coaching, and community support. The organization describes its work as helping everyday Christians begin home churches…
Home Church Resources — Organization Profile Home Church Resources is a Christian ministry that helps people start and lead home churches through online training, coaching, and community support. The organization describes its work as helping everyday Christians begin home churches that are biblically based, sustainable, and reproducible. Rather than limiting leadership to people with formal ministry credentials, it focuses on equipping ordinary believers who sense a calling to disciple others and gather people in homes for church life. The ministry’s mission centers on helping everyday Christians start healthy home churches and grow in discipleship without having to navigate the process alone. Its story is rooted in Auburn, Alabama, where Matt and Missy Dabbs began what they call Backyard Church during…
Home Church Resources — Organization Profile
Home Church Resources is a Christian ministry that helps people start and lead home churches through online training, coaching, and community support. The organization describes its work as helping everyday Christians begin home churches that are biblically based, sustainable, and reproducible. Rather than limiting leadership to people with formal ministry credentials, it focuses on equipping ordinary believers who sense a calling to disciple others and gather people in homes for church life.
The ministry’s mission centers on helping everyday Christians start healthy home churches and grow in discipleship without having to navigate the process alone. Its story is rooted in Auburn, Alabama, where Matt and Missy Dabbs began what they call Backyard Church during 2020. That local experience became the basis for a wider training ministry launched to support people exploring home church life in other places. Home Church Resources says it now serves leaders across the United States and in multiple countries, with a stated vision that every city, town, and rural community could have a home church engaged in worship, discipleship, and local impact.
Home Church Resources operates primarily through an online learning environment that combines step-by-step home church training, weekly coaching calls, and a supportive digital community. Its paid training pathway is designed to help participants start, lead, maintain, and reproduce home churches, while its free pathway introduces key concepts through courses such as Home Church Fundamentals, Discipleship Fundamentals, and Discovery Bible Study. The ministry also provides practical tools and templates, Bible study materials, weekly video teaching, and Mobilize training intended to help people in a gathering develop ministry skills and spiritual disciplines.
A notable distinctive of the ministry is its blend of prayer-centered support, practical tools, and accessible training for people without prior ministry experience. The organization emphasizes that starting and sustaining a healthy home church requires both theological clarity and relational encouragement. Its community features include spaces for testimony sharing, prayer needs, coaching interaction, and connecting with others on a similar journey. This makes the ministry more than a content library; it functions as an ongoing support network for emerging and current home church leaders.
People can engage with Home Church Resources in several ways. Prospective leaders can begin with the Front Door webinar, use the free training pathway, or join the full membership community for coaching and expanded resources. Others can support the ministry through prayer, newsletter sign-up, or financial giving. For Christians interested in discipleship, simple church, or neighborhood-based church planting, Home Church Resources offers a structured path for exploring and practicing home church planting and disciple-making from a base in Auburn, Alabama with a reach that extends across the U.S. and internationally.
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Church of ChristKairos Church PlantingKairos Church Planting, based in Portland, equips leaders and churches across the United States to start…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
Kairos Church Planting
Kairos Church Planting — Organization Profile Kairos Church Planting is a ministry that helps churches and leaders start new congregations by providing guidance, training, and relational support through the full church-planting journey. The organization summarizes its purpose as equipping leaders…
Kairos Church Planting — Organization Profile Kairos Church Planting is a ministry that helps churches and leaders start new congregations by providing guidance, training, and relational support through the full church-planting journey. The organization summarizes its purpose as equipping leaders to plant “New Churches in New Places for New People.” Kairos works alongside planters and sending churches so that preparation, launch, and early growth are not done in isolation—captured in its guiding phrase, “No One Plants Alone.” Based in Portland, Oregon, Kairos concentrates its current efforts and resources in the United States, while also noting past or occasional international involvement in places such as Angola, Canada, Guatemala, Panama, and Australia. Rather than promoting a single formula for what a church…
Kairos Church Planting — Organization Profile
Kairos Church Planting is a ministry that helps churches and leaders start new congregations by providing guidance, training, and relational support through the full church-planting journey. The organization summarizes its purpose as equipping leaders to plant “New Churches in New Places for New People.” Kairos works alongside planters and sending churches so that preparation, launch, and early growth are not done in isolation—captured in its guiding phrase, “No One Plants Alone.”
Based in Portland, Oregon, Kairos concentrates its current efforts and resources in the United States, while also noting past or occasional international involvement in places such as Angola, Canada, Guatemala, Panama, and Australia. Rather than promoting a single formula for what a church plant “should” look like, Kairos describes an individualized approach shaped by the needs of each community and the gifts of each planter. In practice, this means some plants gather in non-traditional spaces—public marketplaces, restaurants, or school buildings—wherever there is opportunity to meet people where they are.
Kairos supports prospective and active planters through multiple stages of discernment and development. For leaders exploring whether they are ready to plant, Kairos offers tools that help clarify calling, character, and ministry readiness, including assessments and guided next steps. For those moving forward, Kairos provides training and mentoring designed to strengthen both the planter and the planting team with practical preparation and ongoing coaching.
Training and development often happen through structured labs and pathways. Kairos offers environments such as Pathways Lab and Discovery Lab to help planters and leaders think clearly about mission, context, and strategy. For established congregations, Kairos also provides renewal-oriented resources—helping churches renew, revitalize, and reimagine their ministry, and, when appropriate, to multiply by partnering in sending and supporting new works.
Church planting also involves long-term sustainability and partnership. Kairos describes a process where planters and partner churches prepare in tandem, building shared clarity and support. For supporters, engagement can include praying for planters, giving financially, and learning how to encourage new works as they take root. Kairos also publishes updates and reports to help churches and donors follow the progress of leaders being trained and churches being planted.
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Church of ChristMission AliveMission Alive is a Dallas-based nonprofit that equips leaders across North America to start Innovative Faith…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
Mission Alive
Mission Alive — Organization Profile Mission Alive is a nonprofit ministry that helps Christians and local churches start and strengthen new expressions of church in underserved places. Based in Dallas, Texas, Mission Alive works primarily across North America, focusing on…
Mission Alive — Organization Profile Mission Alive is a nonprofit ministry that helps Christians and local churches start and strengthen new expressions of church in underserved places. Based in Dallas, Texas, Mission Alive works primarily across North America, focusing on places and people who may be overlooked or disconnected from traditional church models. A central part of Mission Alive’s work is equipping leaders to launch Innovative Faith Communities (IFCs)—new faith communities designed to engage real needs in a specific local context. Mission Alive describes its focus as developing these communities with an eye toward the transformation and flourishing of marginalized lives, combining spiritual formation with practical, long-term presence in a neighborhood or people group. To support leaders in that calling,…
Mission Alive — Organization Profile
Mission Alive is a nonprofit ministry that helps Christians and local churches start and strengthen new expressions of church in underserved places. Based in Dallas, Texas, Mission Alive works primarily across North America, focusing on places and people who may be overlooked or disconnected from traditional church models.
A central part of Mission Alive’s work is equipping leaders to launch Innovative Faith Communities (IFCs)—new faith communities designed to engage real needs in a specific local context. Mission Alive describes its focus as developing these communities with an eye toward the transformation and flourishing of marginalized lives, combining spiritual formation with practical, long-term presence in a neighborhood or people group.
To support leaders in that calling, Mission Alive provides training, coaching, and ongoing encouragement. One key lane is Catalyze Coaching, a coach-training pathway that teaches ministry leaders to listen well, ask wise questions, and help others grow in calling and discipleship. Mission Alive also hosts Discipleship Cohorts, small groups that meet regularly to practice spiritual disciplines and deepen a life of listening and following God in community.
Mission Alive also invests in emerging leaders through the Outfitters Residency, a 12–24 month apprenticeship (with additional internship opportunities) connected with Mission Alive Network churches. This residency model is aimed at developing practical ministry skills, spiritual maturity, and missional habits in real ministry environments.
For those looking to engage, Mission Alive offers several practical on-ramps: learn about IFCs, explore training opportunities, subscribe to ministry updates, and give financially to support ongoing work. The organization also highlights Mission 813, a Mission Alive ministry that supports and encourages women serving as church planters and leaders.
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Church of ChristNew Churches of Christ Evangelism (NCCE)New Churches of Christ Evangelism is a Great Lakes church-planting ministry based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan,…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
New Churches of Christ Evangelism (NCCE)
New Churches of Christ Evangelism — Organization Profile New Churches of Christ Evangelism, commonly known as NCCE, is a church-planting ministry connected to churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. Based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the organization…
New Churches of Christ Evangelism — Organization Profile New Churches of Christ Evangelism, commonly known as NCCE, is a church-planting ministry connected to churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. Based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the organization focuses on planting healthy, reproducing churches and helping launch new congregations that can serve their local communities over the long term. Its public materials present NCCE as a cooperative effort that brings churches, leaders, and supporters together around a shared commitment to evangelism through new church starts. NCCE states that its mission is to plant healthy, reproducing churches throughout the Great Lakes region and beyond. Its vision emphasizes not simply the number of churches launched, but the goal of seeing…
New Churches of Christ Evangelism — Organization Profile
New Churches of Christ Evangelism, commonly known as NCCE, is a church-planting ministry connected to churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. Based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the organization focuses on planting healthy, reproducing churches and helping launch new congregations that can serve their local communities over the long term. Its public materials present NCCE as a cooperative effort that brings churches, leaders, and supporters together around a shared commitment to evangelism through new church starts.
NCCE states that its mission is to plant healthy, reproducing churches throughout the Great Lakes region and beyond. Its vision emphasizes not simply the number of churches launched, but the goal of seeing people reached with the gospel and congregations established on an enduring biblical foundation. The ministry describes itself as proactive in seeking opportunities for new Restoration churches and as committed to planting congregations that reflect both the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Its primary geographic focus is the Great Lakes region, including Michigan, northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and Ontario, while also serving opportunities beyond that core area.
The organization operates by partnering with church planters, existing churches, and like-minded ministries. NCCE says it works with those who want to plant a daughter church, explore a multisite effort, or develop a new church from the ground up. It also highlights cooperation with other organizations for assessment, training, recruitment, and support. On its public pages, NCCE points to affiliations and ministry relationships intended to strengthen church planting capacity, including connections that help identify and prepare future planters. That partnership model is one of its main distinctives: rather than functioning as an isolated ministry, NCCE works as an extension of many congregations in its region.
NCCE’s site also shows the ministry’s recent and ongoing church-planting activity. It reports that in the last 10 years it has helped plant more than 10 churches and notes that a goal set in 2015 to launch eight churches in eight years was met in 2023. Recent examples listed by the ministry include a 2026 church plant in Canton, Michigan, ministry partnership work in Angola, Indiana, and support for Agape City Church in Howell, Michigan, which launched in 2022. These examples help illustrate how NCCE engages both established congregations and new works in communities that are growing or changing.
People can engage with NCCE in several practical ways. Prospective church planters can contact the ministry through its church planting inquiry process. Churches and individuals can support the work financially through its giving page or by mailed gifts. Visitors can also follow the organization’s newsletters to track updates and prayer needs. For readers looking at NCCE as a ministry partner, the clearest picture is of a Great Lakes-based church planting organization centered on mobilizing resources, coaching new works, and supporting the start of new congregations in places where leaders believe new churches can help reach more people.
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Church of ChristRenew MovementRenew Movement is a collaborative church planting community that connects planters, churches, and networks across the…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
Renew Movement
Renew Movement — Organization Profile Renew Movement is a collaborative church planting community that connects church planters, churches, and networks around a shared commitment to planting healthy, reproducing, Biblically sound, disciple-making churches. Rather than positioning itself as an institution that…
Renew Movement — Organization Profile Renew Movement is a collaborative church planting community that connects church planters, churches, and networks around a shared commitment to planting healthy, reproducing, Biblically sound, disciple-making churches. Rather than positioning itself as an institution that “does the planting,” Renew Movement emphasizes local churches partnering together—pooling resources, leadership, and experience—to make church multiplication more accessible and sustainable. At the heart of Renew Movement is a set of cultural distinctives that shape how partners work together: collaboration, theological centeredness, disciple-making, reproduction, healthy support, and accountability. This framework is designed to keep the authority of Scripture and the teachings of Jesus central while also encouraging practical multiplication—new churches that begin with the expectation of helping plant future churches.…
Renew Movement — Organization Profile
Renew Movement is a collaborative church planting community that connects church planters, churches, and networks around a shared commitment to planting healthy, reproducing, Biblically sound, disciple-making churches. Rather than positioning itself as an institution that “does the planting,” Renew Movement emphasizes local churches partnering together—pooling resources, leadership, and experience—to make church multiplication more accessible and sustainable.
At the heart of Renew Movement is a set of cultural distinctives that shape how partners work together: collaboration, theological centeredness, disciple-making, reproduction, healthy support, and accountability. This framework is designed to keep the authority of Scripture and the teachings of Jesus central while also encouraging practical multiplication—new churches that begin with the expectation of helping plant future churches.
Renew Movement serves leaders and congregations across the United States and Canada who are exploring a call to plant, to become a sending church, or to affiliate as a network partner. The movement highlights that “churches plant churches” and aims to reduce barriers that keep churches in a “someday” mindset. By inviting multiple churches or partners into a single project, a congregation does not need to carry all the financial, staffing, or technical burden alone.
Operationally, Renew Movement comes alongside church planting efforts with support services that commonly include assessment, training (including residency pathways), project management for pre-launch planning, and coaching. The movement also describes a governance approach where a management team drawn from collaborating partners provides oversight and accountability for the planter and the new church until permanent elders are established. This structure is meant to encourage health, transparency, and steady leadership development during the early stages of a plant.
For churches and leaders considering involvement, Renew Movement provides resources to help with values alignment, theological alignment (including a publicly available faith statement through Renew.org), and opportunities to ask questions through scheduled calls or webinars. People can engage by affiliating as a partner church, exploring collaboration on a specific planting project, pursuing training and coaching support, or connecting directly with the team to discern fit and next steps.
