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Definition

• The Michigan New Church Incubator (NCI) is a
  4-stage strategy to help a new church begin with
  a healthy DNA to be a strong, reproducing
  congregation.

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Definition

• The Michigan New Church Incubator (NCI) may offer
  a wide variety of consulting or other services to
  provide the new church with needed resources to
  start well and overcome common problems.
• The MI-NCI will network to resource the new
  church with more concrete aid, such as office
  space, supplies, materials, financial resources,
  intellectual capital and more. Church Starters
  and new churches that participate with the
  Michigan New Church Incubator will experience a
  much higher success rate than those that do not
  have the NCI support system.

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4 STAGES

• Stage 1 Enlist (Discovery)
• Stage 2 Explore (Assessment)
• Stage 3 Equip (Training)
• Stage 4 Enable (Empower)

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ENLIST (Discover)

• ENLISTING top quality Church Starters to start
  new churches in Michigan
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• Church Starters DISCOVERING Gods plan for them
  to start a new church in Michigan

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EXPLORE (Assess)

• Walking with you as you EXPLORE
• Online pre-assessment (Church Planter Profiles)
• JumpStart 4 Church Starters (2-Day Event)
• Michigan Church Starter Assessment Center
  (Multi-Day Assessment Event)

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EXPLORE (Assess)

• Walking with you as you EXPLORE

A professional development event for men that
are starting a church within the next 6-18
months. Using a mixture of virtual classrooms,
live events, and personal interviews,
participants will be prepared to launch a healthy
church. An experienced team of church starting
leaders will come alongside participants to walk
through the process.
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EXPLORE (Assess)

• Walking with you as you EXPLORE

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EXPLORE (Assess)
MICHIGAN CHURCH STARTER ASSESSMENT CENTER
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• The Michigan Church Starter Assessment Center
  will assess for quality leaders that exhibit
  three (3) essential building blocks necessary for
  an effective Church Starter. It would look like
  this

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(2) Evangelistic Leadership
(3) Entrepreneurial Leadership
(1) Servant Leadership
(Foundation) CHRIST I Will Build My Church
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Eligible for Optional Supplemental Funding
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EQUIP (Training)

• Training 5-Star Church Starters
• Equipping Events
• Personal Coaching Mentors
• Church Starting Networks
• Church Start Proposal Completed

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EQUIP (Training)

• Training 5-Star Church Starters
• Learning about MI Culture
• Doctrine Understanding the Baptist Faith and
  Message
• MinistrySafe Training

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ENABLE (Empower)

• Enabling Church Starters to lead their new church
  to be self-supporting, self-governing, and
  reproducing
• Partnerships continued to empower the new church
  get on its on feet.

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