Is God calling you to pioneer a new Christian community?
What is the Church Planting Intensive?
The CPI is a fully funded course for those who are planting NPNPs, designed for those who actively shaping a vision, about to launch or in an existing project. It mixes teaching and reflection, prayer and deepening our calls. The next Church Planting Intensive (CPI) is on 11-13 October 2024. Following this residential course at Cliff College, we meet monthly online for six sessions on Thursday evenings. Bookings via this link.
What is church planting?
When we say 'church planting' we mean beginning diverse new Christian communities. Just as a plant will look different in a neat veg patch than one that springs up self-seeded in the wild so too will the many New Places for New People (NPNP) that will begin in the Methodist Church. We want to support every pioneer, in every context to begin the new church community that is needed in that moment. We are not trying to make every NPNP in Methodism look the same. Though there are key elements to every church, they will find diverse expressions in response to the places they begin in. The course content will help us explore together what they might look like in each of our projects. We are also keen to reflect on how pioneers can stay healthy and projects find sustaining rhythms.
Church Planting Intensive, 11-13 October 2024 at Cliff College, bookings via this link, followed by online sessions (Thursday evenings). It begins with a residential at Cliff College, from 6pm Friday evening until Sunday lunchtime, it is really important that anyone booking is able to attend the whole course, you may need to arrange for others to lead worship on your behalf.
Following the residential, we meet online for six sessions on Thursday evenings between 7-8.30pm:
17 October
14 November
12 December
16 January 2025
13 February 2025
13 March 2025
Church Planting Intensive (all online), 15 March 2025, 10am to 4pm, bookings via this link. Following this online course, we meet fortnightly online for six sessions on Thursday evenings between 7-8.30pm:
20 March 2025
3 April 2025
24 April 2025
8 May 2025
22 May 2025
5 June 2025