1. Peace Church Planting

2. Mennonite Church USA has tasked Mennonite Mission Network with igniting an Anabaptist peace church-planting movement. Collaboration with area conferences is an essential part of this process.

3. Mission Network continues Sent Conference
Purpose: Sent Conference gathers missional entrepreneurs and church planters for worship and inspiration and equipping leaders for successful planting.
Join Sent Conference in its 5th year!
Date: Sent April 24-26
Location: To be announced Fall 2019

4. Action Step #1 Add Sent Conference to your 2020 Calendar.
April 24-26, 2020 – Sent Conference

5. Mission Network creates Sent Network
Sent Network is an online six-month learning experience for all potential church planters, available in English and Spanish.
Participants will create an individualized church planting proposal to share with conferences.

6. Mission Network Sent Team networks with leaders and area conferences
To …
Recruit peace church planters.
Assess potential planters.
Provide coaching/mentoring for planters.

7. Sent Conferences
Sent Conference gathers missional entrepreneurs and church planters for worship and inspiration and equips workers for successful planting.
Peace church planters are encouraged to participate in a three-phase learning experience that includes coaching and mentoring.

8. Sent Conference 2016 Iglesia Amor Viviente, New Orleans, Louisiana

9. Sent Conference 2017 Iglesia Menonita Arca de Salvacíon, Fort Myers, Florida

10. Sent Conference 2018 Living Water Community Church, Chicago

11. Sent Conference 2019 Beloved Community, Denver, Colorado

13. Sent Network Three phases: Explore, Equip, Send Four modules per phase
Online cohort group learning
Meet every other week for six months

14. Sent Network on Moodle

15. Sent Network phase one: Explore
Identify potential peace church planters

16. Identify and discern potential peace church planters and leaders.
Phase one: Goal
Identify and discern potential peace church planters and leaders.

18. Sent Network phase two: Equip
Equip peace church planters

19. Equip peace church planters with a multiplication DNA.
Phase two: Goal
Equip peace church planters with a multiplication DNA.

20. Sent Training Phase two: Equip
Equip peace church planters

21. Sent Network phase three: Send
Send out peace church planters

22. Launch new faith communities of Jesus disciples.
Phase three: Goal
Launch new faith communities of Jesus disciples.

23. Proposed Sent Reference Council
2-3 Mission Network staff
1-2 Executive Board staff or Board member
2-3 Conference or Constituent Representatives

24. Action Step #2 Join: Sent Network begins August 26, 2019.
Visit:
Sign the web address above or
write your name on the paper below.