Church Planting Resources

These resources equip congregational leaders with the tools needed for church planting, or establishing a new congregation. Learn about church planting organizations, networks, grants, and more!

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The Unique Experience of Church Planting

Church planting is different than establishing satellites, multi-sites, a new worship service or...

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Finding the Right Church Plant Model

This article introduces and describes five church-planting models.

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The Association of Religion Data Archives

This web resource, provided by the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), is the best...

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Converge

This organization provides coaching and assessments to help leaders plant new churches.

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Tim Shapiro

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Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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