Make your portable church systems more efficient and effective when you tap into these must-have church planting resources.
The prospect of a new year dawning often brings people to a place of reflection and inspires thoughts and actions around changes, improvements, and tackling the next 365 days more efficiently.
It should be the same in our churches. Now is the perfect time to reflect on ways that your church planting processes can be adjusted and made more effective, easier to handle, and more enjoyable for your staff and volunteers.
It’s important to look at the practicalities around sustaining your portable church and look to making the process easier for all involved. We have put together a list of 10 resources we think are essential when it comes to excelling in planting and sustaining portable churches.
10 Must-Have Church Planting Resources for the New Year
1. A Church Management Systems That Already Includes Online Registration
Your church may not have a permanent location, but your information should. Every church needs a church management system that efficiently and safely stores all the important information that ensures your systems work smoothly. When you start your search for a church management system, always choose one that already includes online registration because it’ll help your church work that much better.
2. Useful totes
Instead of rifling around storage bins or searching for a lost lid, these bins are a proven favorite.
3. Bistro cart
Your church needs a bistro cart, so every ministry can enjoy top-level hospitality. With a cart, the coffee station isn’t parked in one spot but can be moved and used anywhere in the facility.
Change things up to get noticed by the general public and your own people. People notice signs and love a new eye-catching way to direct or instruct crowds. By introducing or refreshing a sandwich board sign or a flagstand, you can make it a lot easier for people to know where to go or how to find your church.
5. PCI cases
Setting up and tearing down in a rented facility comes with the territory of being a portable church. How easy the process largely depends on whether or not you have portable-friendly equipment and storage facilities.
PCI cases are specifically designed for portable churches and are developed in such a way that accommodates for all the intricacies involved in transporting valuable equipment. As a bonus, there are several online resources to train you in using the cases effectively and safely.
These days, people will check out your church website before setting foot in your building. This means that your church’s website needs to be updated regularly. Make sure that all the information on your website is accurate and perhaps consider a website refresh as you enter the new year.
7. Fresh social media presence
People are looking for connections with their favorite churches, pastors, and leaders and what better way to provide this than by running a social media account. This allows your church to organically share insights and resources with all who hit the follow button.
It’s also a great way of communicating important announcements or drives; you’ll know that your people will see this information far sooner than if it’s published on your website.
8. AVL equipment that makes the online user experience as excellent as the in-person.
Today, online and in-person church experiences must be considered equally important. Going into the new year is an excellent time to relook at the AVL equipment your church has and make sure that it serves both your online and in-person congregations while also being portable-friendly.
Do something to show you’re paying attention and inject some excitement into the kids in areas with new custom-printed scuba walls and a super easy-to-use children’s registration case.Don’t underestimate the power of aesthetic changes!
10. As always, a supportive professional network
To get through life, we turn to our friends, church leaders, and family. This is because surrounding yourself with people who ‘get it’ and want to support you is the best way to live. It’s the same with your church ministry.
And, when it comes to giving you the best advice regarding your portable church solutions, we’re here to help. Whether you’re wondering if portable equipment would solve your space challenges, or if you’re curious about the next phase of your portable church expansion, we are here for you.
Get better equipped for church leadership with these insider ministry tips from experienced pastors.
There’s nothing like getting advice from a veteran pastor or ministry leader who’s spent years in the trenches. As many leaders remark, the day-to-day work of leading a church or ministry is vastly different than originally anticipated. That’s why it makes the advice of those in leadership extremely important and uniquely valuable.
We’ve asked our readers to give us their best ministry tips, and we’re sharing them here. While we’re at it, we can’t resist giving you some of the best ministry advice we’ve found online from trusted sources. We hope the wisdom shared will save you energy, time, and heartache in ministry!
TAKE MINISTRY ADVICE FROM OTHER PASTORS
As author John Eldredge alludes to in his book Get Your Life Back, a pastor is now expected to wear more hats than ever. In addition to being a preacher, counselor, and confidante, ministry leaders are assumed to have skills as a nonprofit expert, real estate professional, and marketer, just to name a few.
With those expectations weighing on leaders, it’s important to keep the big picture in mind and benefit from the experience of others. In the 11 pieces of ministry advice below, you’ll find wisdom that speaks to all areas of ministry, from personal health to project management. Keep reading to get the full list of tips.
11 Insider Ministry Tips from Experienced Pastors and Leaders
Tip #1: Lean on others with varying skill sets
If you don’t have the skills to market your church, or the know-how to follow the church’s finances, lean on those who do. After all, some people in your church will serve by teaching Sunday school, and others will serve by designing marketing material or taking care of the facility.
In the case of going portable or multisite, you can lean on the innovative solutions that Portable Church Industries offers to churches of all sizes.
Tip #2: Find friends
Don’t slip into isolation. Too many pastors steer clear of close relationships because they’ve been misunderstood or mistreated in the past. You may occasionally suffer harm while looking for friends you can rely on and be honest with, but the effort will be worthwhile.
Decades ago, pastors were encouraged to keep their distance from congregants, but we now know that close friendships are a lifeline in ministry.
Many pastors feel overwhelmed by the demands of the job, but it’s important to reach out for help when needed. Whether it’s a telehealth appointment with an out-of-the-area counselor or finding a mentor in your network for guidance and support, don’t overlook the need for an external support system.
Tip #4: Honor the Sabbath
Just like tithing, keeping the Sabbath is an act of faith. By honoring the Sabbath, you are demonstrating trust in God that your time is His time.
Without a weekly rest day, you’ll exhaust yourself rapidly, which doesn’t help you, your church, or your family. Instead, pick a day and protect it carefully.
Tip #5: Learn project management
Today, ministry life is all about managing the projects that are vital to your church’s fingerprint. Chances are, at any moment, you’re juggling the next holiday service, next summer’s outreach, a new Sunday school curriculum rollout, and maintenance on the church’s equipment. The key to keeping it all straight is learning the ins and outs of project management.
Pro tip: Check out free platforms like Asana or ClickUp to help manage tasks and assignments once you get your plan in place.
Tip #6: Have a weekly plan
In addition to managing projects effectively, turning that long-term plan into daily tasks is another skill.
Just like any other busy professional, having a clear idea of what needs to get done throughout the week helps to keep everything on track. If possible, block out specific days for certain tasks and stick with the plan as much as possible. Establishing this kind of structure helps remind pastors that they are not only responsible for themselves but also for the members of their congregation. This might sound obvious, but few pastors learn these skills in seminary.
Tip #7: Prioritize self-care
This term is often overused, but I think we can all agree that pastors are in desperate need of self-care. It’s vital to make sure that pastors and ministry leaders are meeting their own needs first before they can adequately meet the needs of others. Regular exercise, healthy meals, and prayer are vital to the mental, spiritual, and physical health of leaders.
Tip #8: Get expertise from other pastors
This piece of wisdom from Leandro Nogueira of Village Point Church in Illinois is especially important for those starting in ministry: If you don’t know how to do something, ask another pastor. From hospital visits to a new members class, other pastors will be more than happy to point you in the right direction, give you their outlines, and share inside scoop.
You don’t have to know how to do everything, you just have to creatively access the information you need.
Your relational capital is the most valuable resource you possess. This is why leaning too heavily on digital connections can be dangerous. For instance, when recruiting for help with the nursery, make a phone call or visit the potential servant in person.
Using email to recruit volunteers means you miss an opportunity to share the vision and passion behind the work and how it’s connected to the overall ministry.
Finally, this ministry advice from Scott Matthews, Campus Pastor at Elkhart Campus in Indiana, is golden:
“Remain humble and remember ministry is about Jesus and loving people, and not your personal ministry success.”
Pastor Matthews continues, reminding leaders to make allowance for other people’s faults. He also shares that taking this advice helps when key people or volunteers move on to other churches. After all, God will always send the right helpers when we need them.
Follow Insider Ministry Tips for More Joy and Longevity
We know it’s hard to achieve balance in your personal and work life, but following these simple tips will allow pastors and ministry leaders to lead fulfilling lives while maintaining balance.
You might have been called to do a mighty work for the Kingdom, but you are not expected to do it all alone. Take breaks, find friends, gather support, and borrow tips from other professionals to do your job effectively and joyfully.
Learn how to use KindeLinks to maximize space in your church’s children’s ministry area.
When our churches see KinderLinks on their supply list, they often wonder what exactly that word describes.
KinderLinks are portable, stackable stools that provide durable seating for children in your kids’ ministry. They come in a variety of colors and safely interlock or stack, depending on your need.
Champion hospitality when you learn the best ways to set up a portable church coffee bar.
Coffee. It’s the elixir that makes the world go around, right? Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration. However, it is a popular topic of conversation for many people and it is certainly something that almost everyone enjoys consuming. Churches all over the world provide hot beverages for their people because they know that it is a ritual that is deeply entrenched and appreciated.
Interestingly, when we hear about (or see the signs for) a coffee bar, it doesn’t actually mean that there is only coffee on offer. A ‘coffee bar’ can also have a variety of teas or hot cocoas available. It is simply an indicator that there are delicious mugs of hot beverages to be enjoyed.
Your portable church coffee bar should be something that you make sure to get right. Due to the portable nature of your church, you’ll want to ensure that you have a station that has been well thought through. After years of experience with thousands of churches, we know how best to set up a coffee bar. Here are our top 3 ways:
Top 3 Ways to Set Up a Portable Church Coffee Bar
The brilliance of setting up a coffee bar
Having a coffee bar is something that benefits your church beyond the fact that it churns out hot beverages. You should see your portable church’s coffee bar as a form of hospitality. It is a station that communicates a welcoming message to visitors or a familiar friendly environment to your regular members.
Additionally, setting up a coffee bar is a good idea because it helps your team keep organized. There should be a system for setting your coffee bar up and taking it down each time it is used. There should also be a system for setting out all the components and for running the station effectively.
Another brilliant benefit of having a portable coffee bar is that it’s just that: it’s portable. This means that you can use it for more than just your Sunday service events. Your portable church coffee bar can be set up and used for various occasions:
Mid-week meetings and services
Outdoor fun events
Training sessions
Weddings and funerals
Essentially, your coffee bar can be used wherever you want to show hospitality to others.
Your portable coffee stand is something that will determine the success of your portable coffee bar. While your people will focus on the beverages you provide, your team needs to be able to work efficiently with the equipment you choose.
There are a few very important factors when considering which coffee stand to purchase for your portable church. These are four things you need to take into account:
Great storage
It goes without saying that everything on top of your stand needs to be stored when your church event is over. Rather than having numerous storage containers, it’s best to store your coffee bar equipment and inventory within your stand. If you do this, then everything you need is contained in one unit.
Durable structure
Your coffee stand is going to be used a lot. It’ll also be moved to various locations, some of which may not be easy to get to – like outdoor events. Because of this, you need to choose a coffee stand that has a durable frame and exterior.
You should look for a stand with a metal frame and exterior materials that won’t weather easily.
Coffee, tea, milk, steam, and sugar. All of these are easily spilled onto your coffee stand and will need to be cleaned up every single time you have your coffee bar out and serving people.
Needless to say, your coffee stand needs to be super easy to clean.
Good quality castors
This is a point that can be easily overlooked but is very important. Your coffee stand needs non-marring castors, i.e. you don’t want your coffee stand to make marks all over your portable church venue every time it’s rolled out and set up.
Your castors must also be lockable. Imagine setting up your coffee bar and as you turn to chat to someone, the whole station starts rolling away!. This situation would be terrible.
If your church needs a portable coffee cart, check out our Bistro Cart.
Check out these portable church coffee bars and how churches have come up with unique solutions to their needs.
Versatile and simply organized
This coffee bar has everything you need but doesn’t take up a lot of space. The signage on the front of the Bistro cart is clear and we can see that the stand is easy to clean, made of durable materials, and has castors that’ll make it easy to move.
Portable and welcoming
This outdoor coffee bar welcomes everyone to the venue and boosts a sense of hospitality. Everything you need to make yourself a delicious hot cup of coffee or tea is set out clearly. This setup can easily be replicated wherever and whenever a coffee bar is needed.
Transformative and simple
This transformation from a lunch room to a cozy cafe gathering place demonstrates how your portable church can create a wonderful coffee bar area that draws people in and encourages them to stay and chat. The coffee bar stands in the background a setup simply but the cozy environment draws attention to hospitality, community, and fellowship.
MORE THAN JUST A PORTABLE CHURCH COFFEE BAR
Something to keep in focus is that your portable church coffee bar is more than just a hot beverage station. It is a point at which people will connect with other people and form friendships over time. Because of how important this is to your church and its people, you want to make sure that your coffee bar runs smoothly and doesn’t detract from the dynamic it facilitates.
Learn how to properly wrap your extension cords, xlr and dmx cables for longevity.
Stop the Dad Wrap.
You know the technique we all use when we’re quickly wrapping up the weed whipper in the driveway or the rope from the outdoor playset? That age-old method might work great at home, but skip it for your AVL cords at church.
Here’s why: Over time, that kind of tight wrap will damage the rubber jacketed cable and decrease its life. One reason is that each cable has its own preferred way of coiling, and a wrap technique that honors that natural tendency will keep it in good condition.
Wrap Cables According to their Natural Design
In this video, Jesse quickly demonstrates the best way to wrap cables using a looser coiling method and securing with our custom rip-tie.
Whether you’re wrapping xlr and dmx cords for your portable church or stashing away cords for other purposes, this method is great for your equipment’s health
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A solid church management system will help churches operate efficiently and cost-effectively.
Choosing a church management system is a huge undertaking. That’s why we asked leaders in our church planting network to share their preferred ChMS and provide some wisdom for others in the field.
Want to know which ChMS pastors and leaders like you are loving? We’ve got the top six here, and a few reasons why, too.
6 Church Management Systems Church Leaders are Loving
1. Breeze
No surprise, Breeze is a favorite among many. Between its user-friendly reputation and its effectiveness at improving efficiency, it’s no wonder it was the most popular pick among PCI’s followers.
A great recommendation comes from Esther Ward, ministry assistant at Vertical Life Church in North Carolina. Her team has been using Breeze for eight years to track attendees and giving, and she reports it’s “great for communication and very user friendly.”
Another responder gave the ultimate endorsement: “The name says it all.”
Looking for a ChMS that’s a breeze? Check out Breeze.
Another popular choice is Pushpay. Many of our followers reported that Pushpay is their ChMS of choice, calling it simple, easy to use and understand, and efficient.
Others note that Pushpay provides great customer support, which is an important element for churches that might be new to using a ChMS.
Another word often used to describe Pushpay is “seamless.” Sounds like every church administrator’s dream, right?
It should be noted that, in 2019, Pushpay acquired Church Community Builder (CCB), which thousands of churches enjoyed for a very long time. Many still report their appreciation of CCB’s easy email capabilities, giving platform, and mobile app.
3. Planning Center
Over the years, Planning Center has mastered integration. What’s more—their customers have noticed.
The IT manager at Berean Baptist Church in Burnsville, MN, Sue Schintz, has been using Planning Center for three years. She likes that it’s inexpensive for small congregations and easy to use for tracking custom data on individuals within the church. Sue did note that churches are charged for gifts given, but it pays for itself in the long run.
NatalieLopez is the communications director at Main Street Baptist Church in Georgetown, TX. She recommends Planning Center, citing its “pay for what you need” setup that keeps the cost low, as well as its user-friendly operations.
The strongest recommendation comes from Preston Jones, associate pastor at Living Branch Church in Vail, AZ. He says Planning Center “makes having a 30 000 foot view of the church very easy.”
Want an easy way to see your church’s Big Picture? Planning Center might be the ChMS for you.
This ChMS provides easy to use member management and, like its peers, offers a suite of tools that round out the system, like online giving, church accounting, background checks, and more.
NextGen Minister, Travis Harmon, of FBC Kingston in Kingston, TX, has been using ShelbyNext for more than 8 years. He confirms that it will help to improve communication among staff and solve the age-old “staff calendar” issue, as well as keep everything centralized and organized.
5. Servant Keeper
With more than 30,000 churches using this ChMS, Servant Keeper is worth checking out.
Users like the ease of communicating with church members via the platform. Also revered is its online giving experience. Here are a few phrases used to describe this ChMS:
User-friendly
Intuitive
Capable
Impressive
Plenty of training opportunities
Users can choose to use the system locally or in the cloud, depending on the needs of the church.
One ChMS that’s being compared to the popular Planning Center is ChurchTrac. It’s less expensive but reported to have similar features, like worship events, registration, people, giving, etc.
Jessica McDonald, the communications coordinator at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bryan, TX, appreciates the cost savings. She also reports generous and responsive customer service and an overall positive experience.
Looking for a less expensive option for a small church? Look into ChurchTrac.
CHURCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SAVE TIME
Thanks to the responders to this crowd-sourced article. We work with church planters every day who love to save time and energy by learning from the experience of others in the industry and, in this case, we’ve learned about the ultimate time-saver, a solid church management software.
Because of the thoughtful responses to our query, we have the chance to give these upcoming leaders a leg up as they build their churches and expand their ministries efficiently and cost-effectively.
Need help choosing tech and management of your church plant? We’re here to help Book a free consultation call with us today.
Launch quickly and don’t miss a thing when you invest in Portable Church Box Solutions.
Portable Church Industries asked successful plants about their opinions on key price points and non-negotiable equipment that suits church plants of varying sizes: from below 100, to more than 400 attendees. With such valuable information at hand, we have developed innovative and high-quality Portable Church Box Solutions for churches that need a budget-focused, volunteer-focused, and future-focused solution for launching.
A budget solution can make some people doubt the efficacy and quality of the service or product on offer. But this is not the case with Portable Church Box Solutions. In this case, “budget” doesn’t mean “less valuable”, it means that your church won’t spend unnecessarily on equipment, therefore, you are more likely to honor your budget.
We want you to know precisely why our budget solutions may be just what your church needs. The reasons are numerous, but here are our 6 top reasons:
6 Top Reasons a Budget Solution Might Be the Best Choice for Your Portable Church
1. Portable Church Box Solutions are Budget-friendly
Launching a church for the very first time raises the chances of our church spending excess money. Often, teams aren’t sure of what they need, so they buy more than is necessary or invest in equipment that is not quite right for their setup.
PCI box solutions are designed by experts, who have in-depth knowledge and experience with knowing precisely what churches need to host a successful launch. Aside from the benefit of their expertise, this also means that the box solutions are full of what your church truly needs, without the excess that would just add unnecessary cost.
Additionally, PCI design consultants have worked with thousands of churches and over time, have learned what equipment is most durable, comfortable, and cost-effective. All these factors play a significant role in managing a budget diligently and by utilizing box solutions, your church bank account will benefit tremendously.
2. Leaders Can Focus on the Big Picture of a Church Plant or Multisite Launch
Portable church box solutions are detail-focused, from coffee systems to lighting solutions. The essentials are covered and you don’t have to worry about missing a detail. This is a huge advantage because it allows you to focus on the bigger picture of your visions. You get to focus on the overall launch, your team members, and the message you will deliver to your community.
3. The Team Can Be Ready to Launch a Portable Church Yesterday
Need to launch quickly? Got a tight timeline? Eager to reach your community and extend the Kingdom?
Portable church box solutions can be the deciding factor as to whether your church is able to launch on time. Box solutions cut out delays because decisions are made for you. And since the PCI team doesn’t need to assess your facility and build your equipment, a significant portion of time is saved.
4. Box Solutions Include a Complete Portable Church Sound System
It’s rare to find a box solution that includes AVL equipment but after years of experience, PCI learned that churches will always need AVL solutions, so why not provide them, so you don’t have to.
PCI worked with various plants to determine the best price points and adaptable AVL equipment, which has resulted in the box solutions offering the best options available in the industry.
5. Children’s Ministry Basics Are Ready for Your Launch
In every box solution option, you will find a nursery and elementary solution for your church. This means that Portable Church Box Solutions don’t just focus on your requirements for your main service.
PCI knows just how important children’s ministry is, and churches have a far more successful launch and impact in their communities if they cater to younger generations, too.
6. Even Pre-designed Box Solutions are Adaptable
PCI box solutions offer 4 levels (S, M, L, XL) that vary by price and capacity. You can either choose your church’s box solution depending on the size of your congregation or the budget you’ve set aside.
If these four options don’t quite fit what your church needs, you even have the option of custom designing a unique solution that will cater to your church’s vision, culture, venue, and budget.
PORTABLE CHURCH BOX SOLUTIONS MEAN YOU DON’T DO IT ALL ON YOUR OWN
Purchasing equipment for your church can be daunting, especially when you’re trying to be as wise as possible with your budget. You will probably find yourself wishing for someone who knows more than you in the industry, just to check that you’re on the right track. This is why utilizing experts in the field of launching churches is a good idea.
Interested in discussing how a Portable Church solution might be right for your church plant? Set up a meeting at a time that works for you, and one of our experts will call you.
Discover why we love these durable, clear, portable church storage bins
Not all bins are created equal.
The plastic bins found in your local big box store are colorful and sometimes sturdy, but the solid nature of the material makes it impossible to know its contents without a large, clear, updated label.
Why not skip that step and use clear bins instead?
And what about the elusive lost lid? One team member opens a bin and sets down the lid, only to have a teammate nearby grab and move the lid to access the items underneath. Two hours later, the team is on a Lost Lid Hunt.
Best Bins for Portable Church Organization
Instead of rifling around storage bins or searching for the lost lid, we have a solution for you. PCI’s bins are a proven favorite—-here’s why.
The bins’ transparency makes for easy identification of contents
Their plastic material is extremely durable, unlike their discounted counterparts
The lids are secure and attached, making them very difficult to break or lose
Our bins are stackable and easily reusable.
To see the bins for yourself, check out the clip above and discover other bin benefits shared by Jessee.
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Have further questions about organizing your church? We’ve got you. Book a call today!
Build an excited and empowered portable church team when you implement these 5 best practices.
As church planters and ministry leaders, your team is your greatest asset. Every aspect of your church environment is influenced by the leaders and teams heading up all that goes on in the church. Every portable church wants, and needs, an excited and empowered team because this kind of team is most effective in ministry.
Years of listening to feedback from churches of various cultures, denominations, and economic demographics have helped us deduce that the key to maintaining excitement and a sense of empowerment in a portable church team is to master the art of sharing the church’s vision.
This means that you should be able to transfer the vision of your church to your team effectively and inspire them to reach for excellence in their ministries. The result of being able to do this is a church filled with excited volunteers, led by empowered leaders.
Here are a few of the best practices we’ve found to help you achieve this kind of powerhouse team.
5 Best Ways to Build an Excited and Empowered Portable Church Team
1. Cast the vision of your church plant clearly and regularly
This point is covered extensively in churches because everybody is aware that without a vision, people perish (Prov. 29:18). It’s important to articulate a vision and make it compelling and clear. Churches engaged in God’s work have, by nature, very appealing visions!
Consequently, when a church has an exciting vision, its leaders and teams are excited; one inspires the other. In other words: Cast a clear and strong vision and a lot of the work will take care of itself.
2. Set up your volunteers for success with specific boundaries
You may be so excited about your church’s vision that you want to have a hand in every ministry, causing you to be spread too thin and too wide. There needs to come a time where you pass responsibilities over to other leaders and volunteers.
And when this moment comes, you need to be very clear that you are officially handing the responsibility over to someone else. A moment like this may sound like, “This is your project now. You care more about this project than I do and you are more than ready to take it over.”
This step is very important but it is one that many leaders forget, ignore, or fail at achieving thoroughly. In addition to clearly handing it over, it’s crucial that you clearly let go. Don’t overstep the boundary and try to control or micromanage what you have already handed over because you will destroy the sense of ownership that you originally cultivated.
Of course, it is important to establish mechanisms of accountability in your team, but holding to these won’t violate boundaries.
3. Keep your portable church team encouraged by providing resources
Always provide the resources that are necessary for individuals, or teams, to get the job done well. You want your leaders and volunteers to excel in what they do, rather than failing and blaming themselves.
What this involves is making sure that you provide adequate training, equipment, time, and money. And, sometimes to do a job correctly, people may need access to key people.
If need be, you can offer to help but the key would be to make it clear that you are not in charge. Let those involved know that you are only momentarily stepping into a role to lend a helping hand and then all authority goes back to the person responsible for that area.
This step is most important when the person you have handed over to has only recently taken over the reins. They are still building confidence in their new role and the risk of discouragement is high.
Do you see how important it is that failure is an accepted part of the process when it comes to running a church? If you are leading as a perfectionist, it is likely that you are too involved in all processes and go to extreme lengths to avoid anyone making mistakes.
We must accept that failure is part of the process and even expect it. The way that you deal with failures will affect a person’s sense of ownership over their area of responsibility. Avoiding failure should not be more important than healthy delegation.
5. Ensure your portable church team enjoys their success
Working with a group of people who care as much as you do about realizing your church’s vision is incredibly gratifying. And times should be created for celebrating and enjoying the good work that your team does.
Schedule small events where you gather your leaders and teams to do something fun together. This will tighten your bonds and also communicate the message that you value each person and the effort they put into their role.
Want to really get into team encouragement? We’ve seen leaders set goals and give points for teams to earn events, like a group breakfast or a basket of gift cards. Speaking of, an individual gift card of $10 to your local coffee shop is a boost for any volunteer. Who doesn’t love to indulge when it’s been a well-earned gift?
AN EMPOWERED PORTABLE CHURCH TEAM WILL MULTIPLY THE VISION
If you take a close look at the points above, you’ll see that they revolve around respecting the people who you work alongside. It’s all about trusting in other peoples’ abilities and expertise and this takes a lot of handing over and letting God use His people to do great things. You are great and have wonderful gifts to share, and so do others. And when you can share the work, you also share the excitement.
Host a phenomenal launch day by following our 90-Day church planting plan.
Many have gone before you on the journey of planting churches and navigating all the twists and turns that it involves. Today, we are in a privileged position because we have so many valuable resources to consult when our church leadership teams feel called to extend the Kingdom.
And yet, with resources aplenty, what a church planting team needs in those months leading up to launch – crunch time – is a solid church planting plan.
Your team could probably come up with a plan that would work well, as long as they did extensive research. However, some churches don’t have a timeline that facilitates lengthy research and consultations with those who have already planted churches. Or, perhaps your church wants to avoid most of the pitfalls that are inevitable when you plant your first church.
In these cases, your church will want a church planting plan that is already made and proven to work.
We have worked with thousands of churches and facilitated their successful church planting journeys. Let us help by giving you a launch checklist to serve as your church planting plan.
4 Reasons Why Our 90-Day Launch Plan Is For You
1. It’s the ideal checklist for opening a church
By using this checklist, you’ll be leaning on our experience and a proven model for your church launch. This launch plan has been tried and tested by thousands of successful churches. This means that there is no need for you to stumble across the numerous unforeseen roadblocks that pop up on the path toward planting a new church.
We’ve laid out a 10-step checklist that will ensure that you have thought of everything and done everything that is needed to host an excellent launch day.
This means that you don’t need to do the extra work of researching all that is required for an effective church launch. So, you are saved a lot of time and can focus your attention on more interesting aspects of church planting.
Justin Powell from Fieldstone Church, MI, described their launch day as “phenomenal” because of the level of excellence that they were able to achieve as a result of following our checklist.
“Thanks for the practical wisdom in our consultations, for the clarity and patience in our training, and for the immediate availability when we’ve had questions and follow up needs. So thankful for you guys and the role you played in planting our church!”
We follow recipes because we know that someone else (or thousands of others) has tried and tested the ingredients and steps, and the dish has worked out really well.
You can see this 90-day launch plan as a really good recipe that just works. We have helped thousands of churches launch successfully by following our checklist.
What is better than following a recipe that is guaranteed to result in success? Side-step wasting time and follow a list of actions that will have the biggest impact.
4. Every launch is an opportunity to make noise.
If you host a super successful launch day, people will inevitably talk about it. This means that you must view your launch day as a useful tool for you and your team because it’s a way of reaching into the community and letting people know that you have planted a church and that it is worth visiting.
By following our checklist, you’ll build momentum from the very beginning.
It’s super simple to get on board with us and start your journey of church planting, already set up for success. We are excited to help your church launch and we’re happy to provide free resources to help you.
