Church Planting

Church Planting & IFCA

IFCA International has a firm conviction that involvement in the Great Commission ministry of church planting must be an integral and indispensable element of legitimate local church ministry today. Our aim, therefore, is to cultivate church planting as a core ministry of IFCA International by appealing to and serving the fellowship through an approach that is broadly inclusive, educational, motivational, and full-service with respect to resources, information, and ministry.

To contact an IFCA church planting partner, please find them below or contact our office at office@ifca.org.

What's the goal of church planting?

The goal of church planting is to establish a ministry center for the biblical fulfillment of the Great Commission. A new church is itself a result of Christian witness through evangelism and discipleship.

Who is a part of church planting?

Each church plant is different but many include the following individuals.

Plant Leadership: Pastor-Teacher / Team Members
Plant Households: Families that comprise the new church.
Plant Sponsors: Parenting Church(es) / Sponsoring Organizations / Informal Vision Team
Plant Contributor: Financial Contributors / Specialized Ministry Providers / Missionary Field Workers

Who leads a church planting effort?

Within a specific target community, church plant leadership preferably consists of a ministry team with clearly defined roles delegated to its members. More often, however, leadership consists of a qualified founding individual accompanied by a supporting leadership committee.

How can you help plant a church?

Church plants need a support network of fellow-helpers committed to the success of the effort. Anyone can help a church plant in any or all of these ways:

Regular and frequent prayer
Financial contributions
Personalized ministry
Enlisting others to expand the network

Are there grants to help church planters?

Church planting is difficult. IFCA International provides the R. Sprague grant to support like-minded churches as they look to launch new church plants.

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R. Sprague Grant

Dr. Roy & Elvia Sprague have served IFCA International for a lifetime. Roy served as director of Northwest Independent Church Extension (NICE) from 1970-2000, as well as a member of the Pacific Northwest Region for over sixty years, even serving as President of the IFCA Board.

This grant is to provide a tangible means for the entire fellowship of IFCA International to participate as co-laborers in starting new IFCA churches.

Grant Eligibility

For an Existing Local Church Plant Ministry:

The plant must be no more than two years in existence.
The plant must be endorsed by IFCA International or an IFCA member organization.
The plant must be an IFCA member church or demonstrate a commitment to join IFCA at its earliest opportunity.
The plant leader must be a member of IFCA International.
The plant leader must commit to providing substantive ministry reports to IFCA upon request.

For more information, please email office@ifca.org

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R. Sprague Grant

Grant Eligibility