Church Planting by Parent Affiliated Churches

From Paul’s ministry in the book of Acts down through the early years of our own Assemblies of God/Pentecostal Movement, church planting has been the most effective method of evangelism. The SoCal District believes in being a church planting team, surrounding, supporting and encouraging each planter to reach the pinnacle of their call to win SoCal for Jesus! One key component of our church planting strategy is “Parent Affiliation”.

In Church Planting by Parent Affiliation, the planter and the potential church plant are part of the ministry vision of a healthy existing congregation. In this model, the planter is not struggling all alone to establish a church, but rather is a part of a healthy team that encourages, supports and resources the planter and team.