It’s been said that to plant a church, there are over 500 acts that must take place before LAUNCH.  We are working feverishly to knock these out one by one.  Here are some of the ones we have already completed:

• Select Church Location
• Select Church Planter
• Lay groundwork for partnerships and support
• Begin self study/reading materials
• Contact other church planters
• Determine target fundraising goal
• More reading resources
• Determine church planting approach
• Obtain P.O. Box
• Select Church Name
• Prepare Articles of Incorporation
• Prepare Federal Identification Number filing
• Obtain Federal Identification Number
• Establish Church Checking Account
• Select initial key word web name
• Purchase initial key word web name
• Issue preliminary on-line checklist
• Select and purchase domain name based on church name
• Develop customized launch plan actions
• Develop written expectations for launch team
• Identify and recruit first 10 launch team members
• Recruit first 10 prayer partners
• Obtain church computer
• Establish internet access
• Plan downtime for move
• Church planter moves onsite
• Obtain demographic information
• Visit target area
• Define initial target area
• Define initial ‘Average Target Family’
• Vision/Values/Beliefs Write-up
• Review and understand Alignment Model
• Develop Church purpose
• Develop Church beliefs
• Develop Church values
• Adopt team/structure philosophy
• Develop member expectations
• Develop list of possible community contacts
• Prepare list of all possible meeting places
• Attempt to meet with each facility contact
• Generate list of promising meeting locations
• Confirm number of worship services
• Initial worship band formed