Media Grant Application 2012

1. New Church Media Grant Application 2012

Media Grants have been awarded for Spring of 2012. We are currently collecting requests for launches in Fall of 2012. Deadline for those applications is May 15, 2012.

Please complete the following application to assist the GBOD/Path1 grant review team in its decision-making.

We plan to announce Fall 2012 recipients in June of 2012.

Thank you for your interest and blessings on your journey!

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* 1. What is the name of the congregation? If there is no official name yet, please just use "New Church (insert name of town)"

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* 2. What is the projected date to launch your first public, weekly worship? (mm/dd/yyyy) Launch date must be after May 15, 2012

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* 3. Please enter church planter contact information. All questions in this section require an answer.

Name of Planter: *

Address: *

Address 2:

City/Town: *

State: *

ZIP: *

Email Address: *

Cell Phone #: *

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* 4. Please enter church contact information, especially if different from above. All questions in this section require an answer. If you do not have a church office, website or GCFA#, please enter "N/A."

Church Office Address:

City/Town:

State:

Zip/Postal Code:

Church Office Phone:

Church Office Email:

Web address:

GCFA# (if you have one):

Annual Conference:

District:

District Superintendent’s name:

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* 5. Please briefly describe the training you've received to prepare you to plant this new church (e.g., church planting boot camp, assessment and discernment activities, etc.):

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* 6. Please describe your core/lead/launch team. Include details such as how many people are part of the team, how long you've been meeting, how many ministry teams and small groups you currently have, how you are discipling these leaders, etc.

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* 7. Please describe the types of support you receive from the following connectional partners (e.g. financial support, prayer partners, launch team missionaries from other area churches, etc.):

Other churches in your area

District Superintendent

Congregational Developer in your conference

Other

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* 8. Please describe your assessment and discernment process for church planting. Include names and titles of interviewers, feedback and outcomes of this process for your placement as planter of this congregation.

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* 9. Please describe your ministry plan and benchmarks. This narrative should include a description of your vision, target audience, timeline, and goals. You may send this information as an attachment to path1@gbod.org if you have difficulty copying and pasting text from another file to this application.

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* 10. Please describe how you and your lead/launch team are making connections and building relationships in your community. Indicate the dates and frequency of community events, service opportunities, and other outreach and missional efforts.