Our Strategy
Regional Church Planting
Focus on Key Geographic Markets:
We’re building regional church planting teams in Arizona, Ohio, Nebraska, and Texas. These teams will raise seed money of $1.2 million to fund church plants in these states. After raising the seed funding in these states, we will form teams in new regions of the country.
What is the strategy for church plants outside those states?
There are two ways we serve churches in other geographic markets:
1. Any church planter can join our Fundraising Boot Camp and join our online coaching system.
2. We can work with that planter to form a Regional Church Planting Team in their area. If a team is formed then funding could be on the horizon for that church plant.
How do we help new churches?
Three Gaps Every Church Planter Faces
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Before the church planter launches, they need to raise funds. Many church planting organizations focus on coaching church planters how to get their first service started, but almost none teach a church planter how to raise money.
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Once the church starts, the planter needs coaching on how to build systems so the church can grow. They also need funding. Church plants tend to reach lost and unchurched people. It often takes this new congregation three years to become financially self-sustaining.
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Around year four or five, the church plant reaches peak momentum. People are flooding in the doors, but the church is still gathering in a temporary space. This is the moment where most young churches get stuck. They often do not have the financial resources available to buy and renovate, or build a facility. The back door of the church starts to open wide, and people leave as fast as they come in.
We solve the three gaps through three tiers of partnership:
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These church planters exist all over the country. They attend our fundraising boot camp and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. They are then able to partner with their denomination, or another church planting organization to gain matching funds. Through this process, it is not uncommon for our planters to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for their new church. They are given access to three years of coaching on their internal systems.
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These church planters exist in locations where we have built a regional church planting team. They have undergone an extensive, 39 point assessment process. If they pass assessment then they are given $2,000/month to support their church budget for the first three years of their growth.
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These churches have been in existence for several years and have now hit “peak momentum”. They’ve grown to at least 300 people in attendance, and if they can get the right facility, they will explode in growth. We come alongside them with a $500,000 gift (not a loan) to help them acquire the right facility.
Cameron and Kelly Lippert
Flag City Church
Flagstaff, AZ
Raised $300,000 through our Boot Camp
Our Formula
We train church planters how to raise money. Many people are gifted pastors and evangelists, but they’ve never been taught how to raise the money for their new ministries. We train planters how to appropriately fund their ministries from day one.
POST-LAUNCH FUNDING
We provide $2,000/month for up to three years for a new church ($72,000 in total). This funding sustains the budget of the new church in the early days while the tithes and offerings slowly grow. The church agrees to invest 5% of their tithes and offerings back into the 99 Network until they’ve “recycled” the money they’ve been given.
SYSTEMS TRAINING
We teach new pastors about the systems and processes that will scale their ministries. We host a monthly zoom call on topics like board development, pastoral care, hiring new staff, discipleship systems, financial management, etc. Pastors who join us will have the tools to help their churches grow.
MAJOR FACILITIES GIFT
The biggest struggle a church plant ever faces is the transition from a portable facility into a permanent home. We provide a major gift at the moment when a church is launching their first capital campaign to acquire the right facility. This gift will be $500,000 and it is not a loan - it is a gift designed to propel the new church into long-term, sustainable ministry.