Planting Churches Through Children Youth and Families What

Planting Churches Through Children, Youth, and Families

? What is To multiply healthy churches among all peoples through children, youth, and families • Equip Leaders • Empower Children Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. ” --Matthew 19: 14 • Engage Communities

Equip Leaders • Empower Children • Engage Communities ZZG training… • 4 Days • Vision for a new church plant movement • Planting through children, youth, and families • Children are Key • Solidify church plant team • Hands-on practice • Strategic Plan Multiplying healthy churches among all peoples through children, youth and families

Strategic Plan C H VI SI O EA 1. VISION 3. LEADERSHIP LE 4. PLANTING PL AN TI N G U 2. OUTREACH O TR N AD ER SH IP

What is Church Planting Remixed? 1. It is NOT a new definition of “church. ” 2. It is NOT a new church planting model. 3. It is a unique approach to church planting with a different emphasis from traditional methods.

What is Church Planting Remixed? 4. Church Planting Remixed means purposefully and strategically focusing on the power and potential of children and: • Reaching out to them, loving them, and serving them • Evangelizing and discipling them. • Putting them in a place of prominence in the church. • Training them and leading them like the important people they really are. • Building the church upon the foundation of the youth. • Bringing them to the place of becoming one heart and one mind with the church

Zim. Zam Global’s Ministry Purpose Statement: “Multiplying healthy churches among all peoples through children, youth, and families. ” Within this statement are four key concepts: • Multiplying • Healthy • Churches • Through Children, Youth, and Families

Five Foundational Questions for Church Planting Remixed 1. What is a “Church”? 2. What is a “Healthy” Church? 3. Why Should Churches Reproduce and Multiply? 4. Is Church Planting for You? 5. What Best Practices Contribute to Planting Healthy Churches?

This is Church Planting Remixed. • The training is unique and distinct because we believe God’s heart for children not only compels us to plant churches, but to also plant a special kind of church – one that loves and serves children. • As we discuss each of these areas we will be relating them back to planting churches through children, youth, and families!