What is the level of accountability for new church plants?
We are interested in planting Evangelical Covenant Churches that will have as much kingdom impact as possible. The best way for us to accomplish that goal is to have a strong partnership with each new church that is planted. We believe that God calls a church planter and so we have no interest in micro-managing the details of each new church. While we do believe in some shared DNA in each of our new churches (see our Covenant Affirmations), we provide lots of room for the individual expression of each new church God is calling into existence. For others in the Northwest Conference to support you there must be agreement on your plan, key strategies, and confidence that you are exercising good stewardship of the resources entrusted to you. You will be expected to participate in Conference gatherings, Church Planter Connection events, training, and coaching as outlined by the conference Director of Church Planting. We also require each of our church planters to complete a simple monthly r