Tom Schmidt's BlogChurch Planting: 3 Months In Three months ago I began my church planting residency at Redeemer Fellowship. Much has happened here and are some of the highlights: –We have chosen a city to plant a church in: Naperville. This required a lot of research, visits, conversations, and prayer. But after much work and effort, we […]
NAMB CHURCH PLANTING APPRENTICE If you are considering church planting, I recommend that you explore NAMB (North American Mission Board)’s church planting apprentice program. This is the option I have taken and am thankful for it. This program allows for individuals to spend one year getting trained and mentored in church planting through an approved […]
[tab] [tab_item title=”Introduction”] Introduction On September 1st 2013, I began a year-long church-planting apprenticeship at my church, Redeemer Fellowship. This program will equip and train me to lead a new church plant and then serve as its senior pastor. While the notion of leading and pastoring a church plant is daunting, my wife Rachel and I sense God […]
