Domestic Church Planting

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Helping People Find and Follow Christ … One Community at a Time

Northwoods is committed to seeing new, "Word and Spirit" churches started across the United States. Our vision is to see 20 churches planted domestically by the year 2030. Every church we plant extends the mission of helping people find and follow Christ, bringing hope and transformation to new communities.

Current Church Plants

Jonathan &
Christina Singh
Surprise, Arizona

TRIBE CITY CHURCH

Tanner &
Alexa Smith
Moline, Illinois

PATHWAY CHURCH

Graham &
Claire McMillan
Fort Worth, Texas

FORT WORTH BIBLE CHURCH

Andrew Wingo, Dan Marlin & Jeremie Kilgore
Galesburg, Illinois

THE ASCENT CHURCH

Nathan & Stacey
Del Turco
Kansas City, Missouri

LIVING STREAMS KC

Eric &
Kristy Upton
Phoenix, Arizona

KINGDOM CULTURE

Caleb &
Olivia Hixon
Fort Worth, Texas

SOUTHSIDE FELLOWSHIP

Chad &
Magan Swaringen
Burleson, Texas

BOLD CITY CHURCH

Church Plants in Progress

Lyman &
Denise Jenkins
Anoka, Minnesota

SALT & LIGHT CHURCH

Nathan &
Katherine Rychener
Boise, Idaho

INHERITANCE CHURCH

Explore Your Call to Plant a Church

Do you sense God stirring your heart to start a new church? Whether you're early in the process or already feeling called, we'd love to talk with you.

Your journey doesn't start with a commitment … it starts with a conversation.

Help Us Identify New Communities for New Churches

Do you live in a community that needs a life-giving, "Word and Spirit" Church? Your insight can help us discover where God may be opening the next door.

Your recommendation could help spark a new church that reaches countless people.

How Northwoods Plants Healthy, "Word and Spirit" Churches

Church planters need more than passion … they need a proven pathway and a supportive team. Northwoods walks alongside planters to launch strong and healthy churches.

Learn more about the Northwoods church planting process below and submit your application if you are interested.

Church Planter Support Systems

Northwoods is committed to providing robust support systems for church plants.

Discovery

Explore the nature of the church, God’s workmanship and distinct calling on your life.

Training

Learn best practices for church planting.

Coaching

Develop skills to stay on task and on target.

Funding

Master methods to ensure full funding.

Resourcing

Access effective tools and strategies.

Targeting

Discover and analyze your target community.
 
Additionally, church planters have access to a phenomenal staff of leaders who are ready to assist  planters and team leaders.

Church Plant Process

Northwoods is committed to planting strong and healthy churches. We believe that strong and healthy churches focus on three primary outcomes:
 

Outcomes

  • Bring people into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ
  • Build people into disciples and leaders
  • Send people into ministry and mission
 
Every church planting leader at Northwoods is thoroughly equipped and coached through our five-phase church planting process in order to maximize these outcomes. 
 

Five-Phase Church Planting

  • Phase One Explore the call and the community of church planting.
  • Phase Two Design the “DNA” of the new church.
  • Phase Three Build the church planting team.
  • Phase Four Launch the mission and ministries of the new church.
  • Phase Five Lead the new church to “Bring, Build, Send.”

Church Plant Locations

How We Determine the Best Place to Plant

When it comes to selecting the communities to plant new churches, we believe that it is our responsibility to follow Christ’s command in John 4:35 to “Look at the fields” to see where they are ripe for harvest. And in accordance with Acts 1:8, we look at local, regional, national, and global fields.

The T.A.P. Team Process

One of our most effective tools in determining the target community to plant a church is our Target Analysis Plan (T.A.P.) process. The T.A.P. Team is a group of 8-12 people working together over a period of 8-12 weeks to discern where the Holy Spirit is leading the planter, church, or sending agency to start the new church.

Each of our church planters are thoroughly trained and coached throughout the T.A.P. Team process resulting in a target community that has been identified as fertile soil for a new church plant.

Church Planter Ministry Description

Position Description

  • Demonstrate authentic Christ-like character and servant leadership.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to personal evangelism.
  • Is a person of prayer and reliance on the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
  • Is a gifted communicator and teacher of God’s Word.
  • Is able to recruit, equip and mobilize teams of people for ministry and mission.
  • Is able to receive Godly vision and communicate it to others in a compelling way.

Position Expectations

  • Align with Northwoods DNA
  • Complete Church Planting Assessment
  • Complete Church Planting Training Process
  • Participate in Church Plant Funding Campaign
  • Implement Target Analysis Process
  • Collaborate with Church Planting Coach
  • Recruit, Equip, and Mobilize Church Plant Launch Team

Compensation

Northwoods will provide a mutually agreeable compensation package after the completion of the assessment process.