How to start an Independent Baptist Church

 

 

1. Select a pastor who is Bionically qualified and who agrees with the Statement of Faith. He must also know what an Independent Baptist church stands for.

2. Select a meeting hall available on a Sunday 9:30 am to 11:00 am, and 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm.

3. Start with outreach by: a) inviting Christians you know who are not going to church.b) Door knocking to lead people to Christ and inviting them to attend your church.c) Having a home Bible study with people individually for one hour a week in their home.

4. Keep a list of all contacts. Telephone them regularly and visit them weekly or when possible, especially if they have ill health. Love them and meet their needs.

5. Print or get € tracts for soul winning outreach and visitation for your people to reach.

6. Make an order of service as follows: a) Opening song) Opening prayer) Song service – 4 songs) Bible reading) Announcements) Offerings Special item in song or a testimony) Sermon/message/preaching and challenge) Invitation/Closing song) Closing prayer.

7. Have a fellowship lunch and Lords Supper on the first Sunday morning of each month.

8. Hold a soul-winning seminar, using the information provided by Pastor

9. Hold a Discipleship Seminar using chapters in the bible.

10. Have a home, mid-week Bible study and prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7.30 pm.

11. Allocate different areas for pairs or groups of people to door knock) Give them an exercise book to record names, addresses and phone numbers of contacts) Then say at the door: dropping by to leave this pamphlet with you. (Give tract.) This tells you how you can know God, be sure of going to heaven and have eternal life.Have you ever thought much about God? One question if I may ask please: If you died tonight, do you know 100% for sure that you go to heaven? Would you like to be sure? (Yes). Well, this pamphlet summaries four ideas in the Bible showing how to be sure of going to heaven. If you look on the inside, the first truth is that All have sin.

12. When people get saved, baptize them after church on Sunday. Hand them a baptism certificate.

13. Those who wish to become a member of your church with voting rights, may do so by being saved, baptized and by signing the Baptist Church Statement of Faith.

14. Support the Pastor financially though the weekly offerings. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruit. II Tim. 2:6. Pastor must be able to spend all his time working to build this church. If he is not full-time, he will not be able to help the church grow.

15. Get a Youth Pastor to start Bible study groups for teens during the week & take them soul winning.

16. Have a church dinner every six months.

17. Support a church-planting pastor who fits the missionary strategy and the duty statement of Chapter 20. Send him out to start an Independent Baptist church where God calls him, supporting him initially so that, as his church grows, it can soon support him full time.

18. Pastor, write all your sermons in exercise books. Keep records of them for later use.

19. Pastor and people MUST go soul winning every week.

20. Appoint a treasurer and have two or more signatories to the bank account.

21. From your offerings, purchase quantities of ANSWERS books for your people. Make Answers books available free to your people to help disciple new people to spread sound Bible doctrine. Buy KJV Bibles to give away to new converts.

22. Purchase songbooks, Soul Stirring Songs and Hymns.

23. Start a Sunday School for preschoolers and primary children, starting mid-way through the morning service when the preaching starts.

24. Teach Scripture classes in government schools.

25. Use Mail Box Club as a follow-up tool for children aged 8-14.Use King of Kings comics for teens.

26. Useful Commentaries: Wilmington Guide to the Bible, Barnes NT Commentary,  The Bible Exposition Commentary €“NT, Vol I, II by W Weirs be, Answers.

27. Pastor sermon outline: Title, Bible Reading, Aim of Message, Introduction (pose problem), Body of Sermon (several main points), Conclusion and Challenge