Peace Church Planting
Mennonite Church USA has tasked Mennonite Mission Network with igniting an Anabaptist peace church-planting movement. Collaboration with area conferences is an essential part of this process.
Mission Network continues Sent Conference Purpose: Sent Conference gathers missional entrepreneurs and church planters for worship and inspiration and equipping leaders for successful planting. Join Sent Conference in its 5th year! Date: Sent 2020 - April 24-26 Location: To be announced Fall 2019
Action Step #1 Add Sent Conference to your 2020 Calendar. April 24-26, 2020 – Sent Conference
Mission Network creates Sent Network Sent Network is an online six-month learning experience for all potential church planters, available in English and Spanish. Participants will create an individualized church planting proposal to share with conferences.
Mission Network Sent Team networks with leaders and area conferences To … Recruit peace church planters. Assess potential planters. Provide coaching/mentoring for planters.
Sent Conferences Sent Conference gathers missional entrepreneurs and church planters for worship and inspiration and equips workers for successful planting. Peace church planters are encouraged to participate in a three-phase learning experience that includes coaching and mentoring.
Sent Conference 2016 Iglesia Amor Viviente, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sent Conference 2017 Iglesia Menonita Arca de Salvacíon, Fort Myers, Florida
Sent Conference 2018 Living Water Community Church, Chicago
Sent Conference 2019 Beloved Community, Denver, Colorado
Sent Network Three phases: Explore, Equip, Send Four modules per phase Online cohort group learning Meet every other week for six months
Sent Network on Moodle
Sent Network phase one: Explore Identify potential peace church planters
Identify and discern potential peace church planters and leaders. Phase one: Goal Identify and discern potential peace church planters and leaders.
Sent Network phase two: Equip Equip peace church planters
Equip peace church planters with a multiplication DNA. Phase two: Goal Equip peace church planters with a multiplication DNA.
Sent Training Phase two: Equip Equip peace church planters
Sent Network phase three: Send Send out peace church planters
Launch new faith communities of Jesus disciples. Phase three: Goal Launch new faith communities of Jesus disciples.
Proposed Sent Reference Council 2-3 Mission Network staff 1-2 Executive Board staff or Board member 2-3 Conference or Constituent Representatives
Action Step #2 Join: Sent Network begins August 26, 2019. Visit: www.MennoniteMission.net/SentNetwork Sign up @ the web address above or write your name on the paper below.
www.MennoniteMission.net