Launching Sunday* Worship

Leading into launching public worship

One big discussion is how you move towards this. Generally, your team should always know when you plan to go public. Often, the advice is to gather a team 6-9 months before you intend to launch. More than that, and team members won’t commit to your preparation time. So the general timings should be known some time in advance. By now you will have trained your team and got a venue.

It’s got to be a team thing
Some people have incredible administrative skills. They are able to manage time and resources brilliantly. Even if you’re not one of them, you’re going people who can see, and take responsibility for the tasks ahead. If you do nothing, every responsibility will default back onto the leader. Spend time concentrating on what tasks are needed, and identifying who will be taking responsibility for them. It’s good for the team to know that they exactly that – that they are a team, working together. You cannot just hope that this will happen...

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*Please note, that when we say "Launch Sunday Worship" we recognise that some gatherings are best done on other days, but we mean the "main worship gathering". Whichever day is chosen for the main gathering, we have found a need for a consistent time in the week when people could encounter God and be changed.

Pre-Launch Notes

When gathering a church planting team in a pre-launch phase, people often meet in homes to pray, open Scripture and plan. But there often comes a time when a new church plant needs to move into a more identifiable location which is open to  guests and visitors, and which is better able to allow for growth.

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