LCMS Church Planting’s locally driven, lay-focused approach to church planting was affirmed at the 2026 LCMS convention in Phoenix with the adoption of Resolution 1-07A: “To Increase Church Planting at the Parish Level.”
How does a church plant go from an idea to a fully-fledged congregation? In this easy to understand overview, learn how a church plant progresses through four phases, culminating in a chartered congregation with a called pastor and public Word and Sacrament ministry.
Church planting is done at the local level. LCMS Church Planting comes alongside districts and their new church plants to support them with resources, training and tools — all of which begins with laypeople in the community. Start the conversation with LCMS Church Planting and learn more about the church planting process.
LCMS Church Planting’s locally driven, lay-focused approach to church planting was affirmed at the 2026 LCMS convention in Phoenix with the adoption of Resolution 1-07A: “To Increase Church Planting at the Parish Level.”
Thanks to the work of laypeople who recognized the need for a church in their community, Hill Country Lutheran Church in Viroqua, Wis., was planted.
Missionaries are using both conventional and unconventional means to bring their neighbors into the church in Puerto Rico.
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