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ETS ACADEMY · LESSON 6

A Church Planting Cycle

Teaching points

  • The chapter uses a reproductive cycle as an analogy for ministry development. Treat the analogy as a planning aid and consider how preparation, teamwork, and growth relate.
  • Read the assigned pages in the original workbook. Use the Scripture references to examine the teaching before answering the reflection and knowledge check.

Read in Scripture

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–9
  • Mark 4:26–29

Reflect

  • What preparation would need to happen before your next stage?
  • What does the passage teach, and what is one question you want to explore with a mentor?

Put it into practice

  • Sketch stages of preparation, beginning, strengthening, and developing other leaders, with one responsibility for each.

Gerald Rowlands · Church Planting Institute / Church Planting International Sources and credits →