Stanwell Tops
27-28 February, 2007

next1000 in partnership with NxCD is hosting PreSummit training for coaches of church planters.

Steve Addison will lead a workshop on Skills for Coaching Church Planters. Steve is an experienced church planter and coach of church planters. He is the Australian Director of Church Resource Ministries.

Liam Glover from NxCD will equip coaches in the application of Natural Church Development to church planting. Liam is an effective church planter and coach of church planters.

Sessions

1. Skills for coaching church planters: Steve Addison
2. An Organic model of Church and Church Planting: Liam Glover
3. NxCD—Applying NCD to church planting: Liam Glover
4. How to coach church planters with NxCD: Liam Glover

Preparation

This workshop will assume a working knowledge of Natural Church Development. Purchase the NCD text: Colour Your World here.

Coaches of church planters are strongly encouraged to have begun the NxCD process with a church planter before they attend. This involves conducting the first NCD survey with a church planter and bringing the results with you.

Contact Liam Glover to begin the NxCD process.

Church planters who have completed their first NCD survey may attend the morning session with their coaches at no extra cost and receive coaching from Liam.

Welcome to next1000—a partnership of individuals, churches and organizations actively committed to planting one thousand new Australian churches.

To learn more visit next1000 unpacked.

The next1000 vision was birthed in Sheffield Tasmania in August 2006. Twenty-five church planting leaders gathered to share their stories and their vision of what an Australian church planting movement could look like.

They prayed and worshipped, got out the whiteboard, the butchers paper, the Post-it notes and pens and did some serious thinking and planning.
Steve Addison of Church Resource Ministries reported, "There was a strong sense that we were being drawn into something greater than ourselves. This is something God has determined he will do and he has invited us in."

Steve added, "Nehemiah rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem became a model for us. Each family took responsibility to build their section of the wall but when the trumpet sounded everyone rushed to where the need was greatest. In the same way each of us went away with our own spheres of influence and responsibility while at the same time working as part of a wider national movement."

Tim O’Neill invited “Scotty” to come in and share his story. Scotty was the first person to come to Christ when Tim and Sharon O'Neill planted New Directions in Launceston, Tasmania. Scotty came out of the drug scene and it was some years before he was free of his addiction. His presence was prophetic, reminding us of the difference Christ can make to ordinary Australians as we plant the next1000 churches. His parting words to us were also prophetic— “Don’t just sit around talkin’. Go and do something!”

With that challenge we returned home to implement a plan to start the next1000 Australian churches.

Register now for the next1000 Summit 28 Feb-2 Mar, 2007.

On May 31, Floyd McClung will be in Melbourne for the Unlimited, the Crossway missions conference. One of his sessions will be on church planting another on preparing for long term overseas missions.