Resources
We have a church planting lab at our offices which has loads of resources. If you live close enough to us to make this workable, please call or just stop in to look at the wide range of training materials available.
There is also a great deal available online. Check out the following links.
- Church in a Box
- Church Multiplication Training Centre
- Church on Wheels
- Church Planting Canada
- Church Planting Village
- Ephoch (Simple & contextualized guide to planting)
- Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
- MoveIn
- North American Mission Board
- Outreach Canada
- Stadia
- Church Leader Insights
VMC Written Resources
- Planting From a Split
- Developing Core Values
- Thirteen Essential Qualities for a Church Planter (A Self-Rating Scale)
- Questions: Hard Ones About Church Planting
- Lessons on Language for New Canadians (PowerPoint)
Events
We strongly support the bi-annual Church Planting Canada congress.
We collaborate with other denominations in joint training events for planters, coaches, assessment and training. For more visit our EVENTS section.
Financial Support
Vision Ministries doesn’t have a set approach for funding new initiatives – sometimes providing no funds, sometimes significant funding. We decide on a case by case basis, fully involving the leaders of the new plant. Once VMC makes a commitment, it has to source the funds. The organization doesn’t have an endowment or regular assumed funding for any of its work, including church planting.
However, God has faithfully allowed us to come alongside church plants with hundreds of thousands of dollars, for many years.
Systems
We have a full-service system for “incubating” church plants. Until a new group is fully incorporated and has charitable status (we aim to see this happen within 1 year of initial activity), Vision Ministries can provide a bank account, on-line accounting, insurance, payroll system, charitable receipting, etc, recognizing that the new plant is a ministry of VMC. We also help with incorporation and charity status applications.