Worksheet: Cash Flows in an Urban Poor Churchplant

Name: _________________________  Church you are discussing: ___________________

Location: Slum      /  Rural  /   Town  (circle one)

 Reflect with your group on the cash flow needs of a church-plant you have been involved in.  Try to estimate what it cost, how long after first entering the community it took, and the difficulties faced because of lack of resources. (For Americans Search the Converge sites for a budgetting process)

 

Cost

Time after entering

Sources of income

Problems

Entrance

 

 

 

 

First converts

 

 

 

 

First 5 cells

 

 

 

 

First worship

 

 

 

 

Rent Room        
Buy Land        

Building started

 

 

 

 

Building usable

 

 

 

 

Building finished

 

 

 

 

Pastor ½ supported

 

 

 

 

Pastor fully supported

 

 

 

 

Care for aids victims, orphans

 

 

 

 

First community development project

 

 

 

 

Community worker

 

 

 

 

Community centre

 

 

 

 

Credit cooperative, loans fund etc

 

 

 

 

Land for Pastors House        
House for Pastor        

What would you do differently next time about funding a churchplant? ___________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

What is the balance between God providing for you, and you working hard to earn what you need?  _____________________________________________________________________

 

 

Tear out and pass to the training coordinator.