Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

Part I Coaching Urban Church Planters: Resources for Coaches and Mentors

Part I is specifically addressed to the Coach of the church plant team (referenced in earlier documents within this collection as the “Multiple Team Leader” or, in abbreviated fashion, as the “MTL”). As in Part III of Volume One , this section begins with a few select resources that emphasize the centrality and necessity of facilitating movements, and lays out the dimensions and elements of a valid, vibrant movement. We have also collected materials that lay out the cycle of the Church Plant itself, and the kind of input, supervision, and empowerment that the Coach should provide through the life of the Church Plant. The role of the Coach is essential to the success of all effective urban church planting, whether done cross-culturally or intra-culturally, within one’s own culture. Here you will find a good collection of resources that speak to how practically to build both the Church Planter and their team through the proven structure of a Church Plant Charter, a flexible contract on what the team seeks to accomplish over a period of time. The resources point to ways in which the Coach can assist in the drafting, adoption, and overseeing of the Church Plant Charter, and lead the Planter and the team as they engage the community.

This part includes the following sections:

• Nurturing Church Plant Movements / p. 21 • Coaching Cycle and Duties / p. 45 • Coaching the Leader and the Team / p. 71 • Church Planting Charter and Guidance / p. 127

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