Assisting churches to start new congregations is a major priority for Tarrant Baptist Association. Not only do we work with potential church starters, but with potential church sponsors and co-sponsors.
We provide numerous tools to assist you as you feel God leading you to start, sponsor or support a new church.
Mission Statement: To aid in the starting and perpetuation of churches that transform lives for God’s kingdom
Core Values:
Kingdom Focused
Transformational
Intentional
Resourcive
Networking
Expectations of Starters/New Starts:
To seek God’s call, will and direction
To affect transformation change thru salvation and spiritual growth
To become an ongoing, financially self-sufficient church
To encourage and invest in additional church starts
To impact the immediate community for Christ
To impact the Kingdom through mission impact
Assessment Processes:
To provide an evaluative preparation process for potential church starters.
To evaluate calling, giftedness, personality
To clarify strengths and weaknesses
Evaluation Processes:
To monitor growth/progress
To encourage needed midcourse corrections
To make funding commitments
To clarify goals and to apply accountability
Coaching Processes:
To impart personal value to the starter.
To aid in the processes of doing a quality church start.
(Evaluation, immediate planning, longer-term planning, accountability)
Funding Processes:
To address financial costs
To evaluate giving and spending
To purposefully wean the start from outside dependency
To teach Christian stewardship
Sponsorship Processes:
To support new starts
To provide ministry/missions opportunity for the Sponsor Church
To invest in Kingdom work outside their walls
Networking Processes:
To encourage Church Start support networking with starters, churches, associations, state conventions, convention entities, and church starting networks to aid in the success of the new church starts.
