Seeds of Hope

The ‘Strawberry Runner’ is a common model for church planting in Australia. Also known as the satellite model, or multi-campus model, this approach keeps a new congregation strongly connected with the base. Staff allocated to the new campus or setting remain on the team for the sending church.
The strawberry runner model makes it possible to [...]

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Forge Missional Training Network is holding its second national summit next year, “Dangerous Stories 2″, March 9 - 11, Melbourne. Guest speakers are Brian McLaren (USA), Michael Frost (Australia), Darryl Gardiner (New Zealand), and Wolfgang Simson (Germany).
Dave Minett is the point person and can be contacted at (03) 9923 7383 or by email: daveminett at [...]

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I’m starting a series on models of church planting, using material from Church Planting: The Training Manual, by Martin Robinson and David Spriggs. The book, published in 1995, is out of print.
First post is on three ways of starting ‘daughter churches’, the most widely used model.
The concept of ‘daughter church’ usually implies a relationship of [...]

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