CIP Church Planting Director
Approved by the Central Indiana Presbytery (CIP) on 11/13/15
Job Purpose
The CIP Church Planting Director leads and cultivates the CIP as a church planting ecosystem and church
planting movement. Specifically, this involves overseeing the implementation of the 2020 Church Planting
and Outreach (CPO) vision and strategic plan. The Church Planting Director reports directly to the CIP’s
Church Planting & Outreach Team. The CPO Team will interview and recommend a candidate for this
position, but the CIP will vote on this hire, as he’ll be a CIP staff member.
Job Responsibilities
Ø Vision and Strategic Plan: Oversee the implementation of CPO’s 5-year Vision and Strategic Plan.
Please see the attached CPO Team Vision statement to understand the scope of this director role.
Ø Developing: Identify candidates and core groups on a ‘grass roots’ level and work with the Leadership
Team to identify church planting prospects.
Ø Recruiting: Assist the CIP churches in developing the next generation of church planters and site
pastors, including church planting internships and apprenticeships. Attend PCA church planting
Assessment Center as needed for recruitment. Visit Covenant, Reformed, and Westminster
Seminaries as necessary for recruitment.
Ø Assessing: Lay the groundwork for a locally-run ‘pre-assessment’ process for prospective CIP church
planters. (An example is the model developed by Dr. Phil Douglass at Covenant.) This assessing role
will include meeting with individuals and groups interested in a new PCA church in their community
within the CIP.
Ø Funding: Raise funds for the CIP Church Planting Director position, potentially on a matching basis
(i.e. equal to the amount the CIP pays); cultivate CIP churches to give 3% for our church planting
vision; cultivate CIP, denominational, and non-PCA donors to support the CIP’s vision for church
planting.
Ø Training: Facilitate monthly training for CIP church planters and provide individual on-the-job
coaching.
Ø Placing: Assess and place church planters in neighborhoods and with launch teams where they best fit.
Assist in placement problem solving and working with CIP church planting core groups as requested.
Ø Gospel Coaching: Ensure that every CIP church planter has a Gospel Coach who can mentor them in
gospel dynamics as they relate to starting and leading a new work.
Ø Partnership with Parakaleo: Ensure that all church planter wives connect with the CIP Parakaleo
ministry, which provides friendship, training and encouragement to wives as they process God’s
unfolding work.
Ø Other Pastoral Duties: Preach as needed in the CIP, with special priority given to church plants in
order to provide the church planter with a reprieve. Serve as a church planting consultant to CIP
sessions as requested.
Job Skills Required
ü Ordained Pastor in the (PCA) or eligible to transfer ordination to the PCA (RE or laymen would be
considered in the future).
ü Experienced as a church planter, having planted at least one church
ü Minimum 10-15 years of pastoral experience
ü Strong leadership gifts including vision casting, relationship building, and organization
ü Passion for church planting, evangelism, and gospel dynamics
ü Ability to cultivate, coach, counsel church planters
ü Growing grasp of the Gospel and a desire to see it grow in the central Indiana region
ü The initial CP Director must be a self-starter with a network of relationships with CIP churches and
leaders or who can quickly develop such a network. The initial six months (proposed to be July-Dec
2016) would be spent (1) Meeting with all CIP Sr. Pastors and Sessions to cast vision and promote
the 3% asking, (2) raising personal support, and (3) working with the current and new church
planters. This should require 15 hours per week. Note: The qualifications are very high because the
launching of this role requires a unique set of gifts and ministry experience. Eventually this position
may require a different set of qualifications.
Summary: This position is currently part-time and under the direction of the CIP Church Planting
and Outreach Team.
Applications with resumes should be sent to the following email address no later than 1 March 2016:
[email protected]
Questions related to the position should be directed to the following email address:
[email protected]
Church Planting and Outreach Team Vision
Over the next five years the Church Planting and Outreach Team will purpose to cultivate the CIP as a church planting
ecosystem by hiring a church planting director, planting churches, equipping church planting wives, raising up church
planting apprentices and interns, reaching campuses through RUF and cultivating missions and mercy in our churches.
Hire Church Planting Director
We will continue to prioritize church planting by hiring a Church Planting Director who will lead CIP in being a church
planting ecosystem through assessing and recruiting church planters, training and coaching church planters, etc.
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The Director will be hired and in place by July 1, 2016.
The Director will oversee the CIP Church Planting Apprenticeship/Internship program
The Director will assess and recruit church planting candidates, including annual participation at the PCA
Church Planting Assessment Center.
The Director will provide ongoing training and coaching for CIP church planters.
The Director will work with the Church Planting and Outreach Team to nurture CIP daughter churches and
presbytery-initiated church plants.
Plant Churches
We will continue to encourage and develop the planting of daughter churches/sites through existing churches and
presbytery-initiated church plants. By 2020…..
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We envision 4-5 daughter church plants/sites from CIP churches (Noblesville, Muncie, Near Eastside,
South Lawrence, etc.)
We envision 3 presbytery-initiated church plants (Southside, Columbus, Multi-Ethnic Indy)
We envision 1-2 of these 7-8 church plants to be multi-ethnic churches
We envision every CIP church formulating a plan for how it will participate in church planting.
We envision every CIP church reaching the 3% giving goal, resulting in the potential for $100,000 being directed
towards church planting each year.
Equip Church Planting Wives
We will continue to partner with Parakaleo to equip church planting wives. This partnership will include:
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Continue financial support for Parakaleo network coordinator.
Provide scholarships for church planting wives to attend Parakaleo retreats.
Expand our new Church Planting Apprenticeship/Internship Program
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Grow and expand the number of candidates involved and money given to this program
Partner with RUF and Campus Outreach to identify potential church planting apprentices/interns
Involve 50% of CIP churches in partnering with the CPO team in raising up church planting apprentices/interns.
Raise up 3-4 church planting apprentices and interns each budget year
Reach Campuses through RUF
We will continue to support RUF’s ministry to the Purdue University and Indiana University campuses. By 2020, this support
will have grown in the following ways:
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We will be contributing $40,000 annually between our two existing RUF ministries.
We will explore the possibility of creating a separate RUF Ministry Team alongside our other CIP Ministry Teams.
We will explore the possibility of an additional RUF campus ministry
Cultivate Missions and Mercy
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We will continue to cultivate missions and mercy in our presbytery in the following ways:
We will continue to provide furlough support to MTW missionaries from the CIP
We will seek application from 6 churches or individuals from CIP to support with $1,000 grants to encourage grassroots
mercy and justice endeavors.