How does a church planting team form?
The team can be formed from within Hope Churches in Malaysia or together with other Hope churches. At the beginning, the missions department will collate names of those who are interested to go to the same country. They can come together to research on the country and find out the possible entry opportunities. Meanwhile, we encourage them to go for an exploration trip to the country while they are seeking the Lord for their decision for church planting. Subsequently, the people who have decided to go church planting in that country will be gathered as a goers team. As much as we advocate church planting as a team, sometimes, an individual may have to go ahead of his/her team. In odd cases when it happens, the person must still have a team supporting at the home front. The team should also be making regular trips until they join him/her. Meanwhile, the lone church planter can start with building the contact base, adapting to a new culture, language and lifestyle, do lifestyle evangelism
