Pre-session content
Estate Ministry pre-reading
The Word
Ephesians 2
The Church Plant
The spontaneous expansion of the church
- Roland Allen, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church
- Sam Crabtree, Practicing Affirmation: God-centred praise of those who are not God
- Handout discussion document: Gazelle Vision
Rob’s testimony:
The Planting Skills
Teams: Forming teams - recruitment and composition
- Strengthsfinder
- DISC assessment
- Patrick Lencioni, Ideal Team Player (TED Talk, graphic)
- Recruitment (extra notes)
- Launch team (presentation)
The Life of the Church
Place: Cultural exegesis intro
- cultural exegesis intro (slides)
The point here is not to try and use all these different ways of analysing culture (and there are many more) but simply to say that it’s worth using something that helps you look and listen carefully to a culture / the cultures around you in a fresh way. The main virtue to cultivate and apply is humble curiosity.
We’re very grateful that Neil Powell, senior pastor of City Church Birmingham, co-founder and convener of 2020 Birmingham and London director for City to City UK, will be coming to unpack Tim Keller’s Center Church for the London Church Planting Academy on 4 Wednesday afternoons:
