NEW CHURCH PLANTS NORTHWEST INDIANA

These local gathering places will function as a 5 Fold Ministry where the house apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher share pulpit time and work together to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry.

The vision the Father has given us is to partner with like hearted people to plant 3 churches in Northwest Indiana.  One in Porter County, one in Lake County and one in LaPorte County.
 
The mission is very simple:
  • Reach Lost Souls
  • Train / Disciple Them
  • Release into Ministry or Send

REACH - TRAIN - SEND

Everyone has a Ministry!

It's time to take church planting and the way we do church "Beyond the Box".

 

 

This page contains information on all the following topics: church plant, church plants, church plant northwest Indiana, church plant resources, church planting resources, church planting movement, church planting strategies, church planting organizations, church planting America, planting churches, church planting models, church planting manual and new church plants.
 

Our vision summary below will cover all these questions and a whole lot more:

  • Where are the 5 gifts (apostle, prophet, pastor, evangelist, and teacher) Jesus gave the church?

  • Taking the emphasis off the church building and placing it on the people and the work of the ministry  

  • What percentage of the church budget should go towards the building and overhead vs the part of the budget for reaching lost souls, discipling, and training people?   

  • Is it the senior minister's job to do everything (be a one-man band) or to facilitate?  

  • Should the Romans 12:6-8 gifts be in operation in the local church today? 

  • Is it the pastor's job to make all nursing home, hospital, and home visits?  

  • Should all the 1st Corinthians 12:8-10 gifts be in operation in the local church today?  

  • Why are there so many jezebel spirits in the church today?

 

Please read this prayerfully!

 Keep an open mind, you may not agree with everything I say, but allow it to cause you to think and pray!!

 Looking at where we are at and what we are doing or not doing is a good way to determine if there is room for improvement.

 If there is someone you know that needs to hear this, please send it to them, or print it out and hand it to them!!

 After reading all 6 parts of our vision, if you would like to receive our free CD "Church Beyond the Box", please send your name, address and phone number to jim@step-by-step.org.  If you would like to talk about our vision or if you would like to be involved in a church plant, give Jim a call 219-762-7589.

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What you will read on the following pages are not meant to be patterns, programs or formulas' - just practical examples on how church can be done in a different way, always subject to the direction of the holy spirit.

Whenever I use the term senior apostle, senior prophet, senior evangelist, senior pastor or senior teacher I am referring to the first of each group, the oldest, the most mature, the father or mother to others within each gifting.

Part 1 Church Budget
Part 2 Building Design
Part 3 Order of Service
Part 4 Should Ministers of the Gospel be paid
Part 5 Who should pray for the sick
Part 6 Some additional thoughts on how we can improve the way we do church

 

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