1. Intentional Planting

2. When the motivations for starting a new church are due to LEGITIMATE unhealthy issues in the mother church, what is the down side?

3. Launch: Accidental & Quick Launch: Planned & Strategically Timed
Church Split
Intentional Plant
Launch:
Accidental
&
Quick
Launch:
Planned &
Strategically Timed

4. Motivation: Issue(s) Motivation: Harvest
Church Split
Intentional Plant
Motivation:
Issue(s)
Motivation:
Harvest

5. Created in reaction to perceived cause of split
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Intentional Plant
Ministries:
Created in reaction to perceived cause of split
Internal Focused
Ministries:
Based on what they feel God is calling them to be
External Focused

6. Mother Church Relationship:
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Intentional Plant
Mother Church Relationship:
Mutual antagonistic feelings
Mother Church Relationship:
Mutually supportive

7. Slow recruitment of core
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Intentional Plant
Growth:
Slow recruitment of core
Launch burst
Steady, planned growth
Growth:
Initial burst
Quick Plateau
Decline

8. Lingering negative & bitter feelings just below surface
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Intentional Plant
Emotional Health:
Lingering negative & bitter feelings just below surface
Past bound
Emotional Health:
Optimistic
Positive
Future focused

9. Witness in community: ? Witness in community: ?
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Intentional Plant
Witness in community: ?
Witness in community: ?

10. Exponential Potential
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Intentional Plant
Harvest Impact:
Exponential Potential
Harvest Impact:
Minimal

11. Consider:
If we do not learn how to be intentional/strategic in planting churches, the only plants will be as a result of a split. Entire metro areas are populated with unhealthy churches due to this being the method utilized. The bad DNA continues to be perpetuated.

12. Little if any evangelism funds Giving:
Church Split
Intentional Plant
Giving:
Based on “needs”
Little if any evangelism funds
Giving:
Based on vision and changed lives
Significant evangelism funds

13. Growth first, with strategic saving and planning toward building
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Intentional Plant
Church Building:
Growth first, with strategic saving and planning toward building
Church Building:
Seen to remedy lack of growth
Urgent

14. High likelihood of failure unless intervention takes place
Church Split
Intentional Plant
Survival Rate:
High likelihood of failure unless intervention takes place
Survival Rate:
High likelihood of long term success and permanent presence

15. Future Church Planting:
Church Split
Intentional Plant
Future Church Planting:
If at all… through another split
Future Church Planting:
Easily led toward birthing daughter churches