Identify Ideal New Church Sponsors

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Identify Ideal New Church Sponsors
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Your Presenter Phil Fuller

• Grew up in Alabama/Florida/Italy/Canada
• Graduate of Olivet Nazarene University (BA
  MAR), NTS (M.Div), and D. Min at Asbury Seminary
• Pastor, Church of the Nazarene, Payne, OH
  (86-91)
• Pastor, Church of the Nazarene, Oregon, OH
  (91-00)
• Pastor, Calvary Nazarene, Annandale, VA
  (00-04)
• Superintendent, Virginia District (04-present)
• Married to Cheryl. One son, Jon, at home.

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Identify Ideal New Church Sponsors

• Identify recruit, invite, name, list, mail,
  prayer
• Ideal idealistic? best suited! helpful! Team
  members
• New Church Thank God for new things, growth
  comes from new things
• Sponsors One who assumes responsibility for
  another person or a group during a period of
  instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.

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What Kinds of Sponsors

• Pastors of mother churches. Leaders who have a
  vision to help launch new ministries.
• Churches with a NewStart DNA Churches that
  support the launches of other new churches.
• New Church Pastors Leaders specifically called
  with a burden, passion, and giftedness for
  launching new churches.
• New Church Sponsors Those other than the Pastors
  who give of themselves, their resources, their
  talents and their time to launch new churches.

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Pastors of Mother Churches

• Every Church of the Nazarene in every corner of
  the world has a history as a NewStart. These new
  congregations started often as a result of a
  vision by someone. Often the pastor of another
  church was the key leader behind the idea of the
  NewStart.
• Even today we need pastors who live by and act on
  large and fruitful kingdom principles. The
  church they pastor now was once the new start
  dream in someones heart. The DNA of every church
  should include reproduction.

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Churches with NewStart DNA

• The seeds of this DNA should be planted early.
• Discovering the Miracle of Replenishment.
• Various methods of sponsorship
• Finances
• People
• Vision
• Administration
• Prayer
• Soft support (encouragement)

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New Church Pastors

• 1. Visionary Capacity 2. Intrinsically
  Motivated 3. Creates Ownership of Ministry
  4. Relates to the Unchurched 5. Spousal
  Cooperation6. Effectively Builds Relationships

What does it take to be an effective NewStart
Pastor? Charles Ridley conducted a study of
church planters in the United States and Canada. 
His subjects in the study represented 13
Protestant denominations.  Based upon his
research and subsequent field testing, he
developed a list of 13 prominent performance
characteristics.  For over a decade, these
characteristics have been used to select church
planters. The ideal new church leader is one
who possesses the following qualities
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13 Characteristics

• 7. Committed to Church Growth 8. Responsive
  to the Community 9. Utilizes Giftedness of
  Others 10. Flexible and Adaptable 11.
  Builds Group Cohesiveness 12. Demonstrates
  Resilience 13. Exercises Faith

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Characteristics of New Church Sponsors

• Adventurous
• Diagnostic Question Tell me about the most
  adventurous thing youve done lately?
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• Pray-er
• Partners Folks willing to be called upon at
  the last moment.
• One pastor told of calling a 3-4 prayer
  partners, You need to pray, I feel preach on
  salvation.
• Diagnostic question Tell me about some recent
  answers to prayer?
• Unafraid of Failure
• Diagnostic Question Tell me about a couple of
  things youve tried that didnt turn out so well?
  What did you learn from that experience?
• Not Easily Embarrassed If theyll talk
  about an embarrassing moment they are likely not
  easily embarrassed.

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New Church Sponsors

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• Excited/Energetic
• Observe their demeanor
• Diagnostic Question What really excites you
  about the possibility of being in a NewStart?
• Flexible
• Define a culture of change
• Diagnostic Question What happened to you the
  last time there was a big change at work? (or at
  School, or at Church, or in the community?)
• Optimistic
• Christians or even unchurched folk can help you
  sponsor a new church.

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New Church Sponsors

• Attracted to Newness
• Diagnostic Question Tell me about something
  youve helped to start/begin?
• Resources and Resourceful
• Leaders who are not afraid to ask for support
  (finances/time)
• People give to vision not to need. If people
  gave to need then why do we have lots of churches
  with lots of needs? People give to a vision.
• Diagnostic Question Are you willing to give
  our your time, talent and treasure to help this
  new ministry? Tell me about how God has recently
  blessed you financially?
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• Heart for Lost, Hurting and Broken People
• People who are willing to connect with the lost
• Diagnotic Questions Tell me about someone you
  led to Christ? Tell me about a persons life
  where you and your family have recently made a
  real difference? Tell me about some unsaved
  friends for whom you are praying? 
• Missionally Clear
• Diagnotic Question Which kind of people would
  you recruit for this new church?
• People who understand the mission
• Diagnostic Question What do you think is the
  reason to start a new church?

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Thank you for joining me today

• For additional questions, please contact
• me at my email address at phillip_at_vanaz.org