Go to Church Planting Bootcamp
CCS and Real Life Ministries are partnering for a one week Church Planting Boot Camp! Registration: (see very bottom of this page).
Location: Post Falls, ID
Date: August 13th-20th
WHAT IS IT?:
The Church Planter Boot Camp is an exciting and interactive 8 days of training designed to give the new or existing church planter and team the help and direction they need to build a healthy, growing, disciple-making church. This isn’t your ordinary conference where we talk at you – you’ll learn primarily though small group formats that will challenge and stretch you.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
The church in America and is failing. Somewhere along the line we bought into the idea that success equated to a great Sunday show and the number of people in seats. That’s certainly not God’s idea of success for His church. We believe that church planters today see the failings of the old church model and want to build God’s church where people are coming to know the Lord, disciples are being made, and entire communities are being transformed. The Church Planter Boot Camp is an important first step in that direction.
WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE?:
(Note: Schedule subject to change)
Day One (Thursday) – Day Two (Friday):
The first two days will be spent going through the Immersion l experience with other church planters and church leaders (and their teams) from across the United States and other parts of the world. Those two days are focused on four key areas: Intentional leadership, alignment, relational environments (small groups), and an intentional discipleship process.
Here are a few of the take-aways:
- Intentional Leadership:
- Lead effective teams
- Be a leader people will want to follow
- Build healthy teams
- Model intentional relationship
- Becoming a coach vs star player
- Alignment:
- Unity in your core beliefs
- Moving your entire church towards a common purpose
- Equipping your church body for the win
- Developing intentional relationship within your church body
- Alignment of the time, money and energy of your church with the win
- Relational Environments: (Small Groups)
- Become a church of small groups
- Understanding of biblical story telling
- Development of relational environments for discipleship
- Effective small group facilitation
- Discipleship Process:
- Understanding the discipleship process
- Communicating an intentional discipleship process
- Becoming a disciple-making church
Day Three (Saturday):
You will be attending a series of interactive clinics with your team.
- Staffing: Hiring and firing
- Finance & budgets
- Tithe & offering
- Facilities & equipment
- 501c3
Day Four (Sunday):
This is a free day to spend however you chose. (You’ll need a day to regroup and refresh so you can finish strong.)
- Attend a worship service – 8:00 am, 9:45 am, 11:30 am
- Spend time alone in prayer and study
- Play with your team – relationship building
- Enjoy beautiful North Idaho!
Day Five (Monday), Day Six (Tuesday), Day Seven (Wednesday):
The last three days will be spent going through the Immersion ll experience. You’ll be working with your team to design and develop a variety of key areas which will transform your church into a healthy, growing, dynamic, disciple making church.
- Intentional Leadership:
- Critical analysis of your own leadership style and ability
- Personal leadership growth plan
- Leadership development plan for your church leaders
- Creating healthy environments in your church
- Develop leadership model and ministry structure
- Dispute resolution process
- Systems for leadership assessment and growth
- Alignment:
- Create/modify doctrinal statement (core beliefs, essentials, non-essentials)
- Create/modify vision statement (establishing the win)
- Create/modify mission statement (how to accomplish the win)
- Develop a common definition for disciple, components of discipleship and definition for relational environment
- Systems for assessing and communicating vision and mission
- Develop a ministry filter to ensure ministries are accomplishing the win
- Assessment of church organization and structure compared to the win
- Alignment strategy for church structure and organization
- Vision and mission alignment – weekend services
- Development of a sermon club (sermon prep team and process)
- Global alignment philosophy, processes and assessment
- Relational Environments: (Small Groups)
- Define purpose of small groups
- Develop general small group structure and organization
- Determine small group curriculum
- Develop small group branching philosophy
- Develop small group leader standards and expectations
- Develop small group leader recruitment and development
- Develop small group connection process and procedures
- Develop small group growth model and plan
- Systems for accountability, assessment and tracking
- Understanding of biblical story telling
- Development of relational environments for discipleship
- Effective small group facilitation
- Discipleship Process:
- Develop an intentional discipleship process
- System for assessing and communicating the discipleship process
- Implementation:
- Develop healthy plan for change
- Create workgroups to complete tasks and implement change
- Develop timeline and strategy for implementing change
Day Eight (Thursday):
You will be attending another series of interactive clinics with your team. Some of these will involve panel discussions with Real Life Network church planters.
- Structure driven vs philosophy driven church model
- Building your launch team
- Launching your church
- Leadership – recruiting and developing players
- Marketing & Networking
- Meeting the needs of your community
WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE?:
Each team will receive a Productivity Pack: (included in registration fee)
Small group story set - CDs
How to do biblical story telling – DVD
Small group pastor – job description
Small group coach – job description
Small group leader – job description
101 Joining the Team class guide – teacher and student editions
201 Discipleship Process class guide
301 Annual Leader Training guide
Ministry filter
How to Witness - CDs
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:
You’re welcome to come alone, but you’ll accomplish more if you bring your core team members with you. We recommend teams bring at least 3 to 10 participants. Teams generally consist of the following:
- Senior pastor
- Key staff members
- Elders
- Deacons
- Board members
- Key influencers, lay ministers and volunteer leaders
- Spouses are strongly encouraged to attend
WHAT’S THE COST?:
$1,200 per team – up to four participants, $395 each additional participant
Need based scholarships are available – call for details
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE?:
All materials
Productivity Pack (see resources above)
Lunch (Except Sunday & Monday)
Dinner Monday evening
Light breakfast foods each morning (Except Sunday)
Snacks and drinks all day (Except Sunday)
Note: If you have special dietary needs, please let us know these when you register.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO BEFORE ATTENDING?:
All attendees must have read the book: Church Is a Team Sport, by Pastor Jim Putman. You can find the book at most Christian supply stores or online book retailers.
WHAT SHOULD I BRING?:
Come with a good attitude, an open mind, and be ready to work hard. We’ll provide everything else.
WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?:
Wear casual, comfortable clothes. By casual, we really mean casual: Jeans, shorts, t-shirts, etc. If you wear a suit and tie you’ll probably wish you hadn’t. (We reserve the right to cut off all ties.)
North Idaho has a variety of weather conditions in every season. Check the local weather forecast a few days before you travel. Sometimes the rooms can be chilly – bringing a light jacket or sweatshirt is always a good idea.
HOW DO I GET THERE AND WHERE DO I STAY?:
We have a whole page of travel, hotel and community information. Click here
LOCATION:
The training will take place at two different locations during the 8 day schedule:
Real Life Ministries – Church Campus: 1866 Cecil Road, Post Falls, ID
Real Life Association – Training Center: 710 W. Mullan, Suite A, Post Falls, ID. (The training center is only about a 7 minute drive from the RLM Church campus.)
For driving directions, go to MapQuest or Google Maps
WHAT’S THE DAILY SCHEDULE?:
Day One: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Home groups available to visit that evening)
Day Two: 8:00 am – 4:45 pm (Friday evening worship service 5:30 & 7:00 pm)
Day Three: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Day Four: Free Day (Sunday worship services 8:00 am, 9:45 am, 11:30 am)
Day Five: 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Free morning)
Day Six: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Day Seven: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Day Eight: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
IS CHILDCARE AVAILABLE?:
We do not provide or arrange childcare. Please do not bring your children with you to the actual event as it is a distraction for both you and the other participants.
WHAT ARE THE DATES?:
2009 Boot Camp Schedule:
February 2 – 10
August 13 – 20
HOW DO I REGISTER?:
Click on the Boot Camp date you want to attend. That will take you to our online registration page. Registering online is the quickest and easiest method. You can also register by calling 208-777-7325, ext 148.
Registering multiple participants online? If you are registering multiple participants for one church or team, creating a “profile” will allow you to auto-complete some of the information and will allow you to pay for all participants using one account and method of payment. See the bottom of the registration page: “Create a Profile?” and choose “yes”. Note: We do need each participant’s personal information. This will help us to personalize their Immersion experience. Thank you for your cooperation.