ChurchPlanting
How We Plant Churches
Pre-Assessment
Conversations with regional directors of church planting.
Discernment
Candidates and their spouses engage in a guided discernment process that carefully explores call, timing, spiritual gifts, emotional health, and the strategic viability of the proposed church project.
Covenant Agreement
Our agreement is based on the tested methodology of the “four-stage church plant launch.”
First Year
The agreement describes the plan for the first year of the church plant.
Are You Called?
The Evangelical Covenant Church invites you to discern your call to advance the kingdom of God by becoming a local church planter. Together, we seek to answer one primary question, “Is the living God calling you to plant a Covenant church right now?”
In our increasingly post-Christian era, 83 percent of Americans do not attend church. Nearly one-third of young people under 30 are religiously unaffiliated. Every year, more than 3,000 churches close their doors. A myriad of challenges from rapid demographic change to tepid evangelism render churches ineffective in communities across the country.
Our Stories
John Wenrich Gives Final Presidential Address
President John Wenrich presented the final report of his term to the assembled delegation of the 136th Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.
Executive Ministers Elected for Covenant Ministry Priorities
Grace Shim was elected as executive minister of Serve Globally, and Herb Frost was elected as executive minister of Ordered Ministry and Develop Leaders.
Big John Perkins Posthumously Awarded for Urban Ministry
John “Big John” Phillip Perkins was posthumously honored with the Irving C. Lambert Award for Outstanding Urban Ministry at the 136th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
Contact Church Planting
We can’t wait to hear about your vision for starting a new local church.
