Ignite a Church

Ignite a new church in the next five years - 2010-2015.

Join with Converge churches across the nation who are praying, "God, how can we join you in igniting a new church?" Your response will help us know how we and Converge Worldwide (BGC) can best resource you.

Please click Ignite a Church to find out more information.

Watch this Video Message from Joel introducing Ignite a Church.

Welcome

Thanks for checking out church planting in the Minnesota Baptist Conference!

We call ourselves Team Minnesota and seek to support, encourage, and resource church planters and church plants throughout Minnesota. Perhaps you're familiar with the quote that church planting is considered the most effective means of evangelism under heaven. When qualified and called planters are equipped, coached, prayed for, and encouraged, amazing things happen.

The primary way that Team Minnesota plants new churches is through a parenting model...a church, or group of churches gives birth to a new daughter church. Here's what church planter and church consultant Ed Stetzer has said regarding new churches, "Both churches and denominations are discovering that it is almost always better for the health of new church plants to come from involved mother churches, rather than from denominational leadership."

Take some time and do a little surfing through our church planting web pages. Below you'll find some links you might find helpful. Perhaps church planting is something God has in store for you. If you feel the need to "kick the tires" of church planting in Minnesota, please contact us with your questions and for more information.

Blessings!

Joel Nelson
Team Minnesota
Minnesota Baptist Conference

What's Your Comfort Zone - If you had a choice, who would you intentionally align with in your ministry.

Church Planting Risk Factor Analysis - Church planting is a risky business. This is a simple analysis to determine your level of risk.

Go and Plant Churches of All People - This Christianity Online article by Tim Stafford talks about church planting as the cutting edge of evangelism.

Church Squared - By Ed Stetzer, this article looks at church planting movements that seek to multiply many new churches.