Church Boot Camp

This week in class I had the privilege to hear from a church planting boot camp team. The team consisted of Jason, Ryan, Dave, John, and Caleb, each one with unique experiences and ideas. Jason from Life church planted a church 5 years ago in Texas Ryan, Washington state, went to southern Idaho (Boise) and planted a church, Dave works with training, John a church planter, Caleb is a student pastor who is working on a city of Boston church plant.

Some of the Outreaches that was very effective in their ministries. Jason purchased an additional trailer that held inflatable’s so they could throw them up anytime... any community events. Also he had 3 large events every year, anchored to a holiday event, 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas, Halloween Put up inflatable’s at people’s houses and gave away candy and coffee for the adults 9 out of 10 people came to a community event. Ryan partnered with the community a lot of times. He had a Citywide carnival and everyone they hired left them hanging.... so the church staffed the carnival and it looked like the church threw the whole thing. He said, “Don’t try to compete with your city, partner with them and work with that.” Dave stated, find what your strengths are and work intentionally around them. Sports community, art, theater, ect. John (Northpoint) said do things with no strings attached. In December he had Bike giveaway where he 225 bikes were given away (all of them had to be put together). Caleb stated “Creating a bridge for the people in the church to serve in the community and those who are not in the church to serve alongside those in the community.” He had a Student ministry in February because it is a big month where resources run out in the non-profit organizations. So the church found every non-profit organization that the students could go out and serve each organization. (Spread the Love).