Church Planting Leadership Fellowship BEYOND ADDITION Viral Churches

Church Planting Leadership Fellowship BEYOND ADDITION

Viral Churches BEYOND ADDITION

Methodology �The telephone survey of Protestant pastors was conducted December 1 -6, 2008 �The calling list was randomly drawn from a list of all Protestant churches. Up to six calls were made to reach a sampled phone number �Each interview was conducted with the senior pastor, minister or priest of the church called �Responses were weighted to reflect the geographic distribution of Protestant churches

Methodology continued �The completed sample is 1, 004 phone interviews �The sample provides 95% confidence that the sampling error does not exceed +3. 1% �Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

Almost all Protestant churches participate in missions/ church planting During the past 12 months, has your church… Prayed at least once a month for missionaries as a church 85% Prayed at least once a month for a specific mission field or people group as a church 74% Conducted one or more short-term mission trips 50% Directly participated in helping start a new church 28% Sent out long-term (10+ weeks) missionaries from your congregation None of these 0% 20% 5% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Few churches sponsor a church plant on their own Among churches who directly participated in helping start a new church in the last 12 months… Our church accepted direct financial responsibility for the new church as primary sponsor. 12% Our church provided ongoing, direct financial support, in partnership with other churches. Our church provided one-time direct financial support (for example, a one-time cash gift) Our church did not help financially but provided other tangible in-kind support such as equipment, mission trip or rent-free meeting space Don’t Know: 5% 0% 52% 18% 13% 20% 40% Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12 months? 60% 80% 100%

Less than one in five churches provides ongoing, direct financial support to a church plant Among all Protestant churches… Our church accepted direct financial responsibility for the new church as primary sponsor 3% Our church provided ongoing, direct financial support, in partnership with other churches 14% Our church provided one-time direct financial support (for example, a one-time cash gift) 5% Our church did not help financially but provided other tangible in-kind support such as equipment, mission trip or rent-free meeting space 4% 0% 20% 40% Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12 months? 60% 80% 100%

Viral Churches �Multiply Everything �Model Multiplication �Let Churches Lead �Welcome the Planter �Define Missional Well �Plant by Multiplication and not Funding �Be Born Pregnant �Open More Lanes Ethnic, lay, urban, bi-vocational, etc. �Give Permission �Overcome Fear