MNA Policy and Position Papers
- MNA Assessment Child Protection Policy
- Guidelines for Forming New Presbyteries (41st General Assembly – 2013)
- Church Organization Criteria Guidelines
- Mission to North America Response to Overture 19 (30th General Assembly – 2002) (PDF)
- MNA Church Planter Assessment Policy on Evangelism
- Pastoral Letter on Racism (PDF)
Demographics for Church Planters
- www.census.gov
- Explore Census Data
- www.TheARDA.com (American Religion Data Archive)
- www.city-data.com
- www.areavibes.com – Cost of Living Index/Livability Score
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Church Planting – Administrative Resources
- Call Package Guidelines: Recommendations on Pastoral Compensation – Geneva Benefits Group has prepared these helpful tips and resources for pastors, churches, and presbyteries alike as they navigate important conversations around a minister’s call to service.
- Keys to Being an Effective MNA Chairman
- Map and directory of PCA churches
- MATS – affordable vehicles for ministry
- Policy Checklist for Churches
- Guide to Organizing as a Particular Church
- Church Tax and Finance Guide
Child Safety Policy
- MNA Assessment Child Protection Policy
Sample policy from Redemption Fellowship, Fayetteville GA - MinistrySafe – program designed to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse in your organization.
- Christian Discipleship Committee (CDM) has compiled a list of helpful resources. Click here to access their page.
Church Launch Resources
Portable Church. A resource for your new church plant launch or your change in worship locations: Portable Church simplifies and streamlines the proper amplification for buildings of all kinds, tailoring your equipment and storage solutions to your situation.
Fundraising
- Financial Procedures (PDF)
—Potential Funding Sources Worksheet (Excel)
—Overall Project Budget Template (Excel)
—Outside Support Templates (Excel) - ABC’s of Legal Organization, by John Kinyon (PDF)
- Funding for Church Planting (PowerPoint by Bruce Finn)
- Church Planter Recruiting Guide
- Giving – John Bash
- Perspective: Stewardship vs. Fundraising – John Bash
- Six Steps of a Stewardship Campaign – John Bash
Working with Core Groups
Core groups, defined simply as a group of people who want a new church started in their community, are often an excellent catalyst for the launching of new churches. This is a resource for the Presbytery MNA Chairmen, Network Directors, Church Planters, and other key leaders in the PCA in working with core groups across North America so that many more biblically healthy churches are planted to the glory of God.
Multi-Site Church Planting: Notes from the 2007 Conference
Why is multi-site church planting so popular? And what exactly does “multi-site” ministry mean and look like in practical terms? These notes from the 2007 conference on multi-site church planting shares different models of multi-site ministries in use around the PCA and elsewhere, their benefits, and how to determine if this might be a model you can use in your environment in order to extend the Kingdom through church planting.