Ministry Opportunities Church plants may be supported by a denomination or be independent. Every effort will be made to give the mentoree a mentor from the supporting denomination of his or her choice and the ministry target of his or her calling. One student may benefit from several semesters with the same mentor. Another student may benefit from experiences with more than one mentor throughout his or her education. Fund raising may become part of student's experience preparing for ministry through the Church Planting Training Center.
Fund raising is an important part of church planting leadership.
Because most church planting pastors do not have resources to pay students for their service in the new church, students may decide to learn about fund raising by learning to raise funds to support their own involvement in the church plant of their mentor. Training Center Director Dr. Tom Collins has almost 30 years experience planting 9 churches in suburban and rural settings, serving as a regional director of church planting and serving at the seminary level as an associate dean and professor teaching church planting, church growth and evangelism. He earned his D.Min. degree from Fuller Seminary focusing on church growth and church planting. He is an experienced church planting consultant. He is lead pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Lakewood, CO, and is ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church.