Church Planting School

Welcome to Amnos Church Planting School. Thank you for your interest in the work of the School, our vision and God’s mission.

Amnos Ministries exists to help see the UK and Europe reached with the Gospel. To help towards this we run a Church Planting School; a 10 month training programme that will enable and equip disciples of Jesus to plant churches that plant churches.

Planting new churches is always hard work and yet is simpler than many think. Our graduates often say how much confidence they have gained from the course as they are equipped. Amnos presents a sustainable model that enables an individual to plant from scratch with minimal funding. We need more planters, could God be calling you today?

Our goal, mission and focus is to train and equip Christian believers who are called to evangelism, disciple multiplication and church planting. If you are interested in enrolling we would be keen to equip you and see you grow God’s kingdom across the UK and Europe.

It is important to us that each student is prepared physically and spiritually and has confidence for the task ahead. We emphasise a heart, head and hand approach (spiritual, academic and practical) in all we do. This can be seen throughout the following four facets of our training:

  • Spiritual training in discipleship – prayer, devotions, fellowship, Bible handling/understanding.
  • Training in all aspects of evangelism – theory to practice.
  • Pastoral care – growing in pastoral effectiveness and maturing disciples
  • Character training – an important element that is hard to assess but a significant integrated part of Amnos training as students become more Christ-like and match-fit for the specific task of planting and pastoring new churches.

We would love to assist you in order that you might fulfil the vision and ministry the Lord has given you.

The Church Planting School has three main focuses: evangelism, discipleship and multiplication. The Amnos logo embodies and helps explain these phrases of growth.

  1. Going into the harvest and sowing the seed of the Gospel (evangelism),
  2. Growing and nurturing disciples of Jesus (discipleship),
  3. Seeing churches grow as these disciples Gather together and raise up leaders or Guides in order to multiply the ministry/the tree planted bears fruit (i.e. multiplication).

 

Delivery And Time Commitment Of The Course: We recognize the disciples and therefore people who plant churches are best made and raised in community. We also recognize the major pressures on time and finance that disciples of Jesus may face. The hybrid model that Amnos Church Planting uses attempts to build and maintain community whilst also making teaching and learning accessible for the disciple seeking to be a church planter.

The course is delivered over 10 months with:

  • Weekly 2 hour sessions via Zoom
  • Monthly 1:1 1hour Celebrate and Invest Session with a tutor/mentor.
  • Monthly Evangelism together (Saturday morning or Sunday afternoons)
  • In addition to the main programme there are optional ‘going deeper’ sessions that students can opt into.

There is also an expectation that time will be taken by individuals every week in prayer, in preparation and in the harvest (e.g. Prayer Walking, Outreach, sharing with your Oikos).

Monthly Evangelism Together: Evangelism together will help MODEL and ASSIST students in different evangelism approaches. Locations will vary based on approach and also the locations of students. As the course progresses the monthly sessions will involve tutors assisting and WATCHING students in order to help them refine their practice, prior to being LAUNCHED out at the end of the 10 months.

Monthly Celebrate And Investment Sessions (CIS): Once a month, with named and appropriate tutors/mentors, students will share their personal and ministry progress. The aim is to celebrate obedience and faithfulness and to invest for growth and development. In addition to personal discipleship accountability, these CIS times take on a coaching format and will be structured around the four fields model: GO-GOSPEL-GROW-GATHER-GUIDES.

Going Deeper Sessions: There will be a bank of resources developed to help church planters go deeper in awareness and skills. These ‘going deeper’ sessions will cover topics like fundamentals in pastoral care, preaching, church history, other religions and will be delivered either in person at Gold Hill Baptist Church or via webinars/pre-recorded teaching sessions.

Here is an overview of the Curriculum and the kind of things that we will cover in the course.

Here are some FAQs that might be helpful.

Do get in touch if you would like to chat through the curriculum and course and how to join. email: director@amnosministries.org 

We would love to support you in reaching your community.

To find out more contact us.