5 Steps to Start a New Church | LifeBridge Church Story | Missional Church Planting

How do you start a new church? Dustin Serns from LifeBridge Church shares 5 steps to help you start a missional-focused church in your area based on their experience with church planting in Tacoma, WA. 5 Steps to Start a New Church: 1. Pray and Recruit Learn how Jesus will help you find people for your team who are hungry, humble and smart 2. Seek God’s Vision Study Scripture, your community and your team to discover the vision God has for you as a church. Identify your primary focus group to know who specifically to seek to bless and reach. 3. Live on Mission Based on your vision, choose 1-3 ministries to launch with and start them a few months before you launch. Commit to living on mission personally through missional-incarnational rhythms to bless people and build friendships in the community. 4. Begin Worshipping Together Begin monthly worship gatherings to lead up to a weekly worship presence. 5. Create a Discipleship Pathway Create a plan for how to make discipl