Send Network Fuels Your Church Plant

Join North America’s largest, best-equipped church planting family, fueled by the generous giving and cooperation of more than 47,000 churches and congregations.

Become a Church Planter

Make your church planting dream a reality

No church planter should do it alone.

Start your church planting journey with the brotherhood, funding and resources it takes to become a healthy, multiplying church — making eternal change possible in unreached communities.

We are a family of churches planting churches everywhere for everyone.

Five-year Church Planter Pathway

Get comprehensive support for your journey

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Prepare

for your church planting journey with resources to help you grow and develop.

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Assess

your readiness for planting through a process of online questionnaires and in-person reviews.

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Care

is at the core of our Send Network family because you shouldn’t take on the hard work of planting alone.

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Equip

yourself and your team to reach your community through practical training and personalized coaching.

In 2021, our network of churches and congregations gave more than $66.5 million to church planting and missions in North America.

Starting a church is hard enough

We want you to have fewer worries

These benefits — available to any planter assessed and endorsed in 2022 or later — are courtesy of the generous giving of Southern Baptists through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and Cooperative Program, and are anchored by an innovative partnership with our sister organization GuideStone, as well as ministry-minded organizations Tithe.ly and Innovative Faith Resources.

$56,000+ in 4-year total funding & grants available for vocational planters

Planter and family medical insurance and Rx drug coverage* ^†

$1,000 retirement contribution from Send Network

Church plant payroll and bookkeeping*^†

Comprehensive website & giving platform*

Church plant property loans and consultation

* Covered by Send Network at no cost to the planter for one year

^† SBC ID and W-2 from the church are required.