SENT CHURCHES, SENDING CHURCHES

Ebooks and exercises to help every church plant churches and send missionaries — for the gospel and through the gospel

Course Overview

Your church has a role to play, in equipping and sending for God’s mission

What if every local church on earth embraced the example of the first-century Church at Antioch? What if we all followed God’s leading in sending, and were willing to pray and give away our finances, and even our best leaders? What if we could do so, not in our church’s 20th or 200th year of existence, but in its second year? And what if we could at least start down that path, not when we have 200 or 2000 people engaged, but when we have 20 people?

Over a series of eight reflections in four ebooks, Ben Connelly shares from his years of experience — of being sent to plant churches, of training planter teams and sending missionaries from his local churches, and of working with dozens of churches to help them step into a healthy sending process.

This course is designed with helpful information and real-life examples, as well as tangible exercises to help your church take similar steps, recognizing and embracing your church’s “sentness” through the gospel, and boldly equipping and sending church planters and missionaries for the gospel.

We believe in groups of people being equipped together — that’s even inherent in our organization’s name! When you purchase this course, we hope you’ll engage it with others: a spouse, potential church planting teammates, a sending church, and/or staff.

And we never want finances to prohibit you from being equipped. Our “pay-what-you-can” policy invites you to apply for a scholarship if you can’t afford the price of the course. It’s our honor to serve you as you consider the realities of everyday mission.

Sessions

You can check out Session 1 below to give you a feel for the course.

  1. HOW EVERY CHURCH CAN PLANT CHURCHES AND SEND MISSIONARIES (Sample for free below)
    1a. The Example of Antioch vs. Common Misconceptions Today
    1b. Discovering Your Next Step in God’s Mission

  2. HOW EVERY CHURCH CAN CAST A VISION AND CREATE A SENDING CULTURE (Purchase the course to access all sessions)
    2a. Casting a Vision for Sending
    2b. Creating a Culture of Sending

  3. HOW EVERY CHURCH CAN EQUIP AND SEND TEAMS FOR GOD’S MISSION
    3a. Activating Many Parts of the Body of Christ
    3b. Planning a Long Runway Before Takeoff

  4. HOW EVERY CHURCH CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY AND GRIEF OF SENDING AND SUPPORTING WELL
    4a. Preparing a Sending Church for the Joy and Grief of Sending
    4b. Sending and Supporting Well

  • “Birthed from years of experience, Sent Church, Sending Churches speaks to the heart with tenderness and encouragement. It is both practical and visionary, connecting Scripture to the rubber and road of everyday life. I’m excited for every leader who gets their hands on this and allows it to spur them to dream again.”

    Tomy Wilkerson, Tampa Underground

  • "I am grateful for Ben's experience and insights to help churches become what they were meant to be. If you, as a church leader, have a sense that God is calling your church to something beyond simply increasing attendance, then this book is for you."

    Bill Couchenour, Exponential

  • What I find myself thinking about these days is how to help churches becoming church planting churches. Much of that is reminding them that every church has both the opportunity and expectation to plant churches. I’m grateful for this easy to read resource from my friend and practitioner, Ben Connelly that reminds churches to embrace the mentality of the church in Antioch. There are no excuses from engaging on the journey of being a church planting church. I’m looking forward to this series.”

    Chad Clarkson, Houston Church Planting Network & City Networks

SESSION ONE

HOW EVERY CHURCH CAN PLANT CHURCHES AND SEND MISSIONARIES

This session looks back in to history’s first “sending church,” the first-century church at Antioch. We learn from their example, how to counter the one common misperception that keeps many churches today from equipping and sending church planters and missionaries.

You’ll reflect on your own church and its current view of sending, then discover your church’s first step — or next step — in joining God in his history-long mission.

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COURSE PRICE: $49.99 (VALUED AT $99.99)

  • Ongoing access to all session content, for you and a spouse, potential church planting teammates, a sending church, and/or staff.

  • Specific exercises/assignments for each session

  • A follow-up call with Ben, scheduled by you around whatever topic would serve you best

And we never want finances to prohibit you from being equipped. Our “pay-what-you-can” policy invites you to apply for a scholarship if you can’t afford the price of the course. It’s our honor to serve you as you consider the realities of planting a church.