Church Planter Job Description
A church planter is a person who works to start new churches. Church planters may be a single person or a married couple. They may or may not be ordained ministers or pastors affiliated with a specific Christian denomination.
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Requirements
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Most Christian organizations and denominations have basic requirements for a church planter. The requirements include a minimum age; a bachelor's degree in Bible, theology, administration or missions; and extensive knowledge of the Bible. Experience with other languages and cultures may not be a requirement for all denominations and organizations, but it is considered a benefit for someone who is interested in becoming a church planter. Basic leadership skills, administrative skills and experience and a strong Christian faith are also considered requirements for a person interested in becoming a church planter.
Responsibilities
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Church planters usually work with a church planting team or an already established church to determine an area, neighborhood or ethnic group to work within to establish a new church. A church planter's role is meant to be temporary. The church planter is expected to help establish a new church, train local Christians to become the leaders of the new church, and then turn over the leadership of the church to those locals. After this job has been completed, the church planter will usually move on to a new church planting assignment in a new location. The time frame for a church planter to work in a specific location could be as short as a few months or as long as a few years. This would be determined by the denominational board, sponsoring church or church planting team.
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Financial Support
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Some church planters are hired by a national denominational board to plant churches in assigned areas, while other church planters raise and provide their own financial support. Some church planters might be provided a stipend by local churches that are working to support and start a new church.
Activities
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A church planter may survey the neighborhood or area where the new church is being started. The survey would help the church planter, church planting team or sponsoring church determine specific needs within the community and how a new church could meet those needs. A church planter could also spend time visiting community residents to invite them to the new church. As part of their role in starting new churches, church planters may hold and lead Bible studies, leadership training, church services, youth events and other ministry activities.
Christian Faith
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Church planters are expected to continue their Biblical studies during their ministry outreach. Their moral standing among their peers and community is expected to be high and to reflect their Christian faith.
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