You sense a call to plant -
but you don’t want do it alone.

Mission Igniter walks with church planters from discernment to launch, to sustainability, providing the assessment, training, coaching, and support needed to build something faithful and sustainable.

Church planting is God’s primary means for reaching new people and multiplying the church.

• Planters often carry vision before they have structure, strategy, or support.

• Turning calling into a sustainable church requires planning, systems, and wise accompaniment.

• The risk is real—for leaders, families, and communities—no one should carry it alone.

The Church Planter Journey

Planting a church isn’t a single decision—it’s a journey of discernment, preparation, and sustained faithfulness. Mission Igniter walks with planters through every phase, helping them move from calling to clarity, from vision to action, and from launch to long-term fruitfulness.

Phase 1: Discern

Before a plan is written or a launch date is set, planters need clarity. This phase helps leaders prayerfully discern whether church planting is the right next step—and what kind of planter and context will best support long-term health.

Through trusted assessment tools and guided interpretation, we help planters understand how they are wired, how they lead under pressure, and what will sustain them over time. This clarity reduces avoidable pain later and strengthens confidence for both the planter and those discerning alongside them.

This phase helps to:

• Clarify calling and readiness

• Surface strengths, stress points, and growth areas

• Discern fit with context, role, and season

Phase 2: Plan

Preparation & Strategy

Discernment becomes movement through action. In this phase, planters translate calling into clear, actionable plans shaped by mission, context, and sound strategy.

We help planters move beyond ideas and aspirations to develop comprehensive multiplication plans—plans that can be shared, evaluated, funded, and implemented. The result is confidence, alignment, and a clear path forward.

This phase helps to:

• Turn calling into a workable strategy

• Ground vision in practical realities

• Build confidence for approval, funding, and launch

Phase 3: Support

Launch & Sustain

Planting doesn’t end at launch. Healthy multiplication requires ongoing coaching, systems, and support that help leaders remain faithful and resilient as the work unfolds.

Mission Igniter stays alongside planters beyond the early stages—providing coaching, administrative support, and community so leaders don’t carry the weight alone and can focus on the mission they’ve been called to lead.

This phase helps to:

• Prevent isolation and burnout

• Build resilience and leadership capacity

• Sustain long-term fruitfulness

What You Get as a Planter

Church planters don’t just need encouragement—they need real support that turns calling into sustainable action. When you partner with Mission Igniter, you receive:

Clarity about your calling and readiness

Trusted assessments and guided interpretation that help you understand how you’re wired, how you lead, and what will sustain you long-term.

A comprehensive, actionable multiplication plan

A clear plan shaped by mission, context, and sound strategy—ready for discernment, approval, and funding.

Ongoing coaching and accountability

Regular, relational coaching that provides prayerful support, wise counsel, and steady encouragement through each phase of planting.

Administrative support that removes unnecessary burden

Help with the practical details—bookkeeping, payroll, insurance, incorporation—so you can focus on the work God has called you to.

A community that understands the journey

Connection with other planters and leaders who know the risks, joys, and challenges of planting and multiplying the church.

You’re not expected to
carry this alone—and you don’t have to.

If you’re discerning a call to plant—or preparing to take your next step—we’d love to walk with you. Let’s talk about where you are and what support would serve you best.

Why Mission Igniter?

Church planting requires more than good intentions or strong personalities. It requires wise discernment, tested frameworks, and leaders who understand both the spiritual and practical realities of the work.

Mission Igniter is a team of missiologists, church planters, pastors, coaches, and network leaders who have lived this work from the inside. We’ve started churches, led networks, built systems, navigated failure, and learned what it takes to sustain healthy multiplication over time.

We don’t offer formulas or shortcuts. We walk with leaders, providing clarity where decisions carry weight and support where the responsibility is heavy.

What Sets Us Apart

• Deep Missional Experience
  Our tools and processes are shaped by real church planting and leadership experience—not theory alone.

• Trusted Systems, Not One-Off Tools
  Assessments, training, coaching, and administrative support are integrated into a cohesive journey, not isolated services.

• Partnership with Networks and Conferences
  We work in alignment with denominational leaders, ensuring planters are supported within healthy systems—not sent alone.

• A Long-Term View of Fruitfulness
  We care about what lasts: resilient leaders, sustainable churches, and multiplication that continues beyond the launch.

What Support Looks Like for Church Planters

Every planter’s journey is unique, but healthy planting requires the same core foundations: clarity, preparation, support, and sustainability. Mission Igniter provides an integrated set of services designed to walk with planters from discernment through long-term fruitfulness.

Leadership & Readiness Assessments

TrueWiring Leadership Assessments
Understand how you are wired, how you lead under pressure, and what will sustain you over time. Each assessment includes a one-on-one debrief with a certified assessor to translate insight into practical clarity for faithful leadership.

Ridley Church Planter Assessment
A trusted, research-based tool used by networks and conferences to discern planting readiness and fit. It is designed to help planters and their sponsoring agency evaluate preparedness for a large-launch model and identify areas of strength and development before moving forward.

Coaching for Planters

Plan Development Coaching
One-on-one coaching that helps planters translate calling into a clear, fundable, and actionable multiplication plan. Using a proven 13-unit process, coaches guide leaders through strategy, context, sustainability, and readiness for approval and launch.

Implementation Coaching
Post-launch coaching that supports planters as the work becomes real. Focused on resilience, accountability, and faithful execution, this coaching helps leaders navigate challenges, sustain momentum, and remain aligned with their calling as the church takes shape.

Planters Journey Training

Forming the planter. Clarifying the vision. Building a faithful foundation.

The Planter’s Journey is a guided training experience for church planters that applies first-century church planting principles to present-day contexts. Drawing from Church Plantology, this journey integrates spiritual formation, contextual discernment, and strategic clarity as planters begin developing their own multiplication plan.

This is more than training—it’s a formative journey that helps planters build sustainably and faithfully from the start.

Free Methodist leaders in the credentialing track can take this course for credit through the FMCUSA Center for Pastoral Formation.

Most church planters are called to lead people and shape mission—not manage systems and paperwork. That’s okay. Mission Igniter provides practical, behind-the-scenes administrative support so planters can focus on the work God has called them to do.

Administrative services are available for church plants fully incubated by Mission Igniter and, in some cases, as outsourced support for plants launching independently. Our goal is to remove unnecessary burden and complexity during the most demanding seasons of planting.

Admin Services Available:

Bookkeeping & Financial Support
Stewarding resources well is critical in the early stages of a church plant. Our team provides basic bookkeeping services, helps develop multi-year budgets, and offers back-office accounting support. Churches using our services also gain access to discounted accounting and church management software.

Insurance Support
Navigating insurance for a new church and its staff can be confusing and costly. Mission Igniter helps secure appropriate coverage as part of the incubator process, with property and liability insurance often available at little to no cost during the startup phase.

Incorporation & 501(c)(3) Filing
The incorporation and IRS filing process can be daunting and time-consuming. We walk alongside planters to complete required state and federal filings accurately and efficiently—so nothing critical gets missed.

Payroll Services
Processing payroll and managing tax filings can quickly become a burden for new churches. We provide payroll support to ensure staff are paid correctly and filings are handled responsibly.

What other planters are saying…

Fostering a movement by multiplying
apostolic leaders and churches.

Trusted by Leading Church Networks