In Church Planting (MI201), Tim Sisk asks students to consider church planting as participation in the mission of the church. He establishes the biblical foundation for church planting as a work of the Spirit to call and empower believers to participate in the Great Commission in this specific missional way. He looks at the methods and models used in biblical examples of church planting and examines church planting throughout history.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
4m
Church Planting
Built on the Rock
4m
We Are God’s Fellow Workers
3m
Church Planting: A Rationale
3m
Three Pragmatic Reasons for Planting Churches (Reason 1)
2m
Three Pragmatic Reasons for Planting Churches (Reasons 2 & 3)
4m
Objections to Church Planting
2m
Ethical Guidelines for Church Planting
3m
A Brief History of Church Planting
3m
Historical Development of Protestant Church Planting Philosophy
2m
Gospel-Planting Movement
3m
Development of Church Planting Movements
3m
Biblical Foundations for Church Planting
Where Do People Get Their Ideas of Church?
4m
Historical Definitions of “Church”
4m
The DNA of the Church
2m
Our Culture’s Expectations for “Church”
3m
Ekklēsia: The New Testament Word for Church
2m
Luke’s Description of a Functioning Church
2m
New Testament Images of the Church
5m
Some Contemporary Definitions of the Church
4m
Five Contemporary Images Describing the Church
3m
Church Planting in the Book of Acts
2m
The Ministry of Jesus and His Disciples
4m
Paul, the Church Planter
2m
Paul’s Methods for Church Planting
4m
Strategy, Spontaneity, and the Leading of the Spirit
3m
The Pauline Cycle of Church Planting, Part 1
4m
The Pauline Cycle of Church Planting, Part 2
3m
The Church Planter in the 21st Century
Characteristics of 21st-Century Church Planters
2m
Church Planter Assessment
4m
Characteristics of a Successful Church Planter, Part 1
5m
Characteristics of a Successful Church Planter, Part 2
3m
Church Planting Teams
4m
Some Potential Strengths of a Team Approach to Church Planting
2m
Some Potential Weaknesses of a Team Approach to Church Planting
2m
Structuring a Church Planting Team
4m
Characteristics of Church Planting Teams
5m
Vision Leads the Way
The Importance of Vision
3m
Vision Motivates
4m
What Is Vision?
3m
The Power of Vision
2m
Biblical Examples of Vision
3m
Vision Comes from God
4m
Values Shape Vision
Different Values Cause Different Expressions of a Vision
3m
Values Shape Styles
5m
Other Influences on Style
2m
Why We Do What We Do
4m
Identifying Our Core Values
4m
A Biblical List of Church Core Values
4m
Core Values of Contemporary Churches
4m
Midcourse Review
2m
Reaching the Community with Christ
How Did Jesus See People?
4m
One-to-One Contexts Are Unique
2m
Three People, Three Contexts, Three Approaches
3m
The Context of Culture
3m
Earning the Right to Speak
2m
Research the Community Context
3m
Describe Your Audience
3m
Personal Examples of Describing the Audience
5m
Engaging the Audience
4m
Ministry and Style
4m
Getting the Word out, Part 1
3m
Getting the Word out, Part 2
5m
Church Planting Models
A Changing Church for a Changing World
3m
A Sampling of Church Planting Models
6m
Church Planting Movements
3m
Evaluating Church Planting Models, Part 1
4m
Evaluating Church Planting Models, Part 2
4m
Churches: Start Healthy, Stay Healthy
7m
Another Look at Characteristics of Healthy Churches
3m
Issues Church Planters Face
Four Key Issues in Church Planting
2m
Evangelism and Discipleship
5m
Historical Examples of Mass Evangelism
6m
Contemporary Examples of Mass Evangelism
6m
Evaluating Mass Evangelism
5m
Attractional, Missional, and Incarnational Models of Church
6m
Defining Authentic Discipleship
7m
The Core Competencies of Christian Discipleship
7m
Developing as a Leader
5m
Appropriate Leadership Style
4m
Sketches of Leaders in Scripture
5m
Leading in Different Cultures or Communities
3m
The “Perfect” Leader
6m
How Did Jesus Develop Leaders?
4m
The Emergence of Leaders
5m
Transitioning to New Leaders
7m
Structural Considerations
7m
Financial Considerations
3m
Bivocational Church Planters
6m
Breaking Financial Dependency
5m
Churches Indigenous to the Culture and Community
5m
The Meeting Place
6m
Conclusion
Some Things to Remember
6m
Closing Thoughts
2m
Appendix: Screencasts
Sorting Different Uses of Ekklēsia with Louw-Nida
5m
Finding Metaphors for “Church” Using the Bible Sense Lexicon
3m
Researching the Date of Acts in Commentary Introductions
4m
Using the Bible Facts Tool with References to the “Holy Spirit” in Acts