Credit Value: Audit - (All open studies courses are upgrade-able. Can be used for credit at a later time if required assignments and tests are completed and full tuition paid).

Cost: $40.00

Instructor: Pastor Brad Dewar, M.Th

Course Description: Planting new churches is no optional activity - it forms the heart and soul of the Great Commission. It is desperately needed all around the world today.  New churches infuse the body of Christ with new excitement, new ideas, new frontiers of ministry and new people.  New churches are vital to the health and continued growth of the whole church.  However, like many other worthwhile things, church planting is easier ‘said than done’.  This course is intended to take us far beyond theory and offer the kind of practical wisdom that can only be gleaned from those who have been, and continue to be personally involved in numerous church planting endeavors. 

Course Objectives: Topics to be covered include:

• Determining when to plant
• How to create and plan a pre-launch checklist
• Choosing the right launching strategy
• Leading a planting team
• Establishing a functional church government structure

Recommended Textbook: "Planting Healthy Growing Churches", by: Dr. G. Hill and Pastor B. Dewar (Available through the Victory Bookstore)