One of the joys of working with a church with a vision is that they put their money where their mouth is. This year we are partnering with 14 churches financially. Believe me it is not nearly enough. We wish we could provide so much more.

We are discussing fund raising with a guy that has raised millions for other charities. We will be unique among his other clients. In that our network/alliance/partnerships (whatever you want to call it) will be a startup organization. If we can afford to get this thing off the ground (we need $50,000 to get started) we believe we will reap huge dividends. 

Here is what we would like to do once God shows us how to raise the funds:

A. Raise salary support. We would love to get to the point where we are giving a third, the church planter raises a third, and he partners with other churches to raise a third.

B. Medical Insurance. I hear over and over the fear that some medical catastrophe might happen before the church can provide the needed insurance. This will be a huge burden lifted, especially from the wives of the church planters.

C. More Internships. We want to partner with significant Church Plants and large church planting churches to provide experience for church planters. Again we would like to think in terms of 1/3’s.  1/3 network, 1/3 church planter, 1/3 host church.

D.  Better Coaching. We are working on this, but with only one staff member dedicated it is mostly available when a church planter calls or emails. Talking with another church with considerable influence in the church planting world to partner for coaching.

E. Stronger Partnerships. More meetings with our church planters, support for church planters beyond the school and the first year of coaching.

WRC is supporting these planters in a significant way. A few of our church plants have begun to give back. In the future this is probably a covenant commitment to give back to other planters. Future plans for the Network/alliance/partnership includes a yearly meeting required of all partners, 2 or 3 meetings throughout the year to which all will be invited but will be roundtable type discussions.

This is much longer than I intended. But the plans are progressing. We need you to partner: Pray for us, Give to church planting currently through Net35, and give your time. God is going to do amazing things. Join us, Join Him.