NewStart Resource Archive
NewStart was a national strategy started in 1994 by Dr. Bill Sullivan to effectively train, equip, and encourage pastors and district leaders to start new churches. Through 2010, over 1700 new Nazarene churches have been started through the strategy.
NewStart as a national strategy has now been discontinued, replaced by an approach that emphasizes starting new churches using a variety of models. Yet many of the resources remain excellent for both sponsor churches and church planters. Below are some archived NewStart resources that we think you may find useful.
Unless otherwise indicated, these resources are in PDF format.
- Creating a Ministry Action Plan
- Checklist for Starting a New Church
- How Sharing Your Property Could Start a Church
- NewStart Action Plan Questions
- Core Group Questionnaire
- NewStart Principles and Strategies
- Finding a Temporary Worship Site
- Districts in Partnership with Congregations
Bill Sullivan - Pastors: NewStart Entrepreneurial Missionaries
Jim Dorsey - Church Board Workbook for NewStart Sponsorship
Jim Dorsey - How Laypersons Can Help Start a New Church
Jim Dorsey - Needed: Missional-Minded Women to Start Churches
Rich Houseal - How to Start a Cultural or Minority Church
Oliver Phillips
District Strategies
- NewStart District Operations Manual (.Zip file)
Michael Meeks - Alabama North: Shared Facilities
- Alabama North: Sponsoring a New Church
- Anaheim: District Mission Statement
- Chicago Central: Target Sites for 100 New Works
- Eastern Michigan: Criteria for Planting Communities
