CATALYST | International Church Planting
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CATALYST is the church planting initiative to mobilize and multiply the church planting efforts of the International Baptist Convention.
CATALYST | International Church Planting
4y ago
The International Baptist Convention launched our brand new Church Multiplication Networks in April. Initially, we have one in Europe and one in Latin America…but of course we expect to multiply!
What are CMNs? CMNs exist to encourage, resource, facilitate, support, equip, involve, and challenge churches to plant churches that will plant church-planting churches.
Who are CMNs for? CMNs are for EVERYONE…parent church leaders, church planters, church plant team members, church leaders who want to help, partner churches, and anyone else with a desire to play a ro ..read more
CATALYST | International Church Planting
4y ago
Here’s our vision: “A movement of global-minded churches reproducing healthy disciples, leaders, and congregations.”
Here’s our dream: “Churches praying for, contributing to, and supporting an ever-increasing number of church plants to reach people with the Gospel, blessing the communities and churches where they are located.”
We have four strategic objectives we believe will help make our dream become reality.
Strategic objective number one: Invite every IBC church into church multiplication. There is a place for every IBC church to participate in church mult ..read more
CATALYST | International Church Planting
4y ago
We envision a movement of global-minded churches that are reproducing healthy disciples, leaders, and congregations. Reproducing disciples, leaders, and congregations go hand-in-hand. Reproducing disciples should lead to the formation of new churches and planting new churches should lead to making new disciples.
Our vision includes helping churches keep their focus on making and multiplying disciples. We see churches being equipped to teach and train their members to be lifelong, loving, and loyal followers of Christ who are actively sharing their faith.
Our vision includes being a catalyst f ..read more
CATALYST | International Church Planting
4y ago
The International Baptist Convention conducted a successful church planter assessment center on 24-25 October at Il Faro International Baptist Church, Naples, Italy.
Twenty people gathered to provide assessment on three church planter candidate couples. IBC churches planning to plant new churches sponsored each candidate couple. The candidates spent two intense days making presentations, examining personality types and communication dynamics, preaching, working on church planting projects, and participating in numerous interviews.
Church planter assessment is an essential element of the IBC’s ..read more
CATALYST | International Church Planting
5y ago
Our vision is “a movement of global-minded churches reproducing healthy disciples, leaders, and congregations.” Our dream is “Churches praying for, contributing to, and supporting an ever-increasing number of church plants to reach people with the Gospel, blessing the communities and churches where they are located.” And we want to invite YOU to be a part of both!
Four Strategic Ways to Help us Multiply Churches:
Invite every IBC church into church multiplication. There is a place for every IBC church to participate in church multiplication. Actually, most churches are already participating ..read more
CATALYST | International Church Planting
5y ago
We will be conducting a Church Planter Assessment in Naples, Italy, on 24-25 October 2019. Please put this date on your calendar!
What is an Assessment Center?
It is an intensive two-day event staffed by trained assessors to encourage and observe church planting candidates. Candidates have the opportunity to preach, cast vision, work in team settings, and meet with counselors and assessors to prepare for the potential role as a church planter. Assessors provide a personalized and thorough assessment of church planting candidates.
Why Assess Church Planters?
The purpose of assessment is to re ..read more