Exponential | Learning Conference

Exponential Conference is a growing community of leaders committed to accelerating the multiplication of healthy, reproducing faith communities. Over the past several years, Exponential has also served as a vision stimulator and community builder for the Church Multiplication Collective of The Wesleyan Church, as we dream and strategize about the expansion of God’s kingdom on earth.

Bring your church multiplication team and dream with thousands of church planting leaders for four days of inspiration, encouragement, and equipping at Exponential. The conference will feature 175+ speakers, 125+ workshops, 9+ tracks, and 5,000 church planting leaders.

Essentials | Pre-Launch Training

Essentials is a principle-based pre-launch equipping experience for church planters and spouses. The Essentials environment is designed to provide you with practical training for any planting model and productive peer resourcing. By the end of the event, you will:

• See the big picture of church planting
• Learn how to remain rooted in Christ while planting
• Hear God’s unique direction for your church
• Discover how to properly exegete your community
• Refine your church mission, vision, and values
• Learn how to recruit people on to your launch team
• Develop an effective launch strategy
• Learn how to avoid the major church planting landmines
• Discover how to raise funds
• Find access to numerous resources/templates to use in your church plant
• Be inspired to not just plant one church, but start a church planting movement

When is Essentials scheduled? 

May 2 & 3 (Ashville, Ohio)

How much does Essentials cost? 

The cost of Essentials is $149 per planter or planting couple.

How do I register our team?

To register for an upcoming Essentials, click HERE or for more information email Aimee Pratt.

Can a church, network, or district offer this training? 

Absolutely! If you have a group of 15 or more we’d love to bring Essentials to you with one of our experienced trainers. We can work closely with your vision and customize your Essentials experience to fit your needs. Contact Jesse Pratt to schedule and coordinate your event.

Project Manager | Pre-Launch Strategy

The CMC has a partnership with Stadia, a church planting organization, that specializes in project management. Through our partnership, this service is entirely FREE for our Wesleyan church planters, who desire to launch large and become a growing missional body of believers (typically 150+ people).

Every planter wants to see God’s vision for their new church become a reality. The Stadia project management team comes alongside the church planter and works to develop a project task list, via a project management tool, to take the new church from where it is today to that desired result.

Each church plant typically has a few hundred tasks that must be accomplished in order to reach the vision. It requires attention to detail. Entrepreneurial visionaries, which most church planters are, do not excel at the details. Stadia provides help.

Every Stadia church gets a trained and experienced project manager to serve the planter administratively and to accomplish many of the tasks. This frees the planter to build teams and rally people around vision, not government paperwork and databases.

Church leaders can be confident that skilled and experienced project managers will merge best practices with your vision to design and implement a thorough and effective plan.

How do I connect with a project manager?  

Your first step is to complete the Stadia Survey form. If you have any questions please email our CMC administrator, Angee. Angee will provide you with the details and introduce you to Stadia’s Project Management team.

Fund-raising Intensive Cohort| Pre-Launch Stragety

Starting a new venture requires some level of fundraising but what’s the best way to do so? TWC and CMAD now offer a Fundraising Intensive Cohort to help design and plan the fundraising efforts for your church plant or ministry. This 7 week cohort consists of 4 weeks of video training including time together in the cohort followed by 3 weeks of personal project coaching with our FI leader.
In the cohort, you’ll work through practices such as:

• building and managing a healthy budget
• learning the importance of approach
• gaining confidence for the ‘big ask’
• hearing ideas from others who are at the same part of the journey
  The FI Cohort start dates coincide with the Essentials training and usually have a new cohort starting every three months (October, January, April, July)

What does the Fundraising Intensive Cohort cost?

The cost to join an FI Cohort is $149 if you’ve not participated in Essentials or Cultivate Planter Training. If you have or are planning on doing Essentials or have been in the 36 week Cultivate Planter Training, the Fundraising Intensive Cohort is offered to you at no charge.

How do I register for the FI Cohort? 

You can sign up for the FI Cohort by registering here

If you have any questions, feel free to email Aimee Pratt .

Church Planting Residency

A church planting residency is an intensive 1-year immersion program designed to prepare a church planter to effectively launch a new life-giving church. Residents will be given hands on ministry opportunities along with prepatory coaching and training established by sending church pastors.

Expressions | Specialization Training

Are you looking for training in a specific model of church planting?

We recognize the need for all kinds of churches to reach all kinds of people. Many church planting models require specific training. Within Expressions, we have provided additional online training videos, resourcing, and networking opportunities for these specific models: 

Bookkeeper and Accounting Services

The CMC has a partnership with Stadia, a church planting organization, that specializes in bookkeeping and accounting services. Stadia bookkeepers work alongside you in financial matters and help you start well, so you can focus on reaching your community with the hope of Jesus. Stadia’s team is made up of highly qualified bookkeeping professionals who value the mission of the local church.

The bookkeeper and accounting services include:

• Donor Management
• Bank Reconciliation
• Startup Document Preparation
• Bank Account and Check Signers
• Budget and Cash Flow Consultation
• Church Payroll
• Accounts Payable
• Financial Reporting and Record Keeping

How much does this service cost?

There are typically several standard financial software/subscriptions that will require separate fees. Stadia’s bookkeeping service will be free the first 6 months; 12 months it will be at 50%; and 19 months will be at 100%. The % is prorated according to the size of the church budget. The church is not locked in to Stadia’s services and can depart at any time; however, many churches found the relationship to be life-giving and continue using their services.

How I connect with Stadia’s bookkeepers?  

Your first step is to complete the Stadia Survey form. If you have any questions please email our CMC administrator, Aimee Pratt. Josmar will provide you with the details and introduce you to Stadia’s bookkeeping and accounting team.