"There goes my people.

I must follow them,

for I am their leader."

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

What can I do to get involved?

Pastors, Bible workers, and seminary students can follow one of three paths, depending on their passions and long term goals.

Conference presidents and church leaders click here.

Please do not give any money towards CORE4 teams who start Simple Churches. This goes against the principles of church planting movements and actually cripples their process of being the church. To learn more about the principles of church planting movements watch this 10 minute video called, 10 Characteristics of Church Planting Movements. Also download this PDF file which includes additional information.

Option One: Supporting and Hands Off Approach:

If you are saying, "I want to send lay-people to start new simple church locations, but once they "go" I want to stay focused on my pastoral responsibilities. In other words, I do not want to be responsible for training or helping them once they decide to start. I want the simple church network to take care of these responsibilities," then this option is for you.

This network will take full responsibility for training, mentoring, coaching, and helping the lay-people you send. Thank you for empowering lay-people to be front line missionaries.

1. Watch Upside Down Leadership (20 minutes)
2. Read "What do I do next?"
3. Contact us so we can start working together.

Option Two: Pastoral Coaching:

If you are saying, "I want to send lay-people to start new simple church locations, but I want to still be involved in their lives, encourage them, celebrate God's blessings with them, and be part of their coaching process," then this option is for you.

This network will come along side of you and together we will work with the lay-people who want to start new simple churches. You, as a pastoral coach, will team up with a simple church coach and together we will take the lay-people through the training, help them launch, and provide mentoring along the way. There are some things you can do right now to get started.

1. Watch Upside Down Leadership (20 minutes)
2. Watch Institutions versus Cooperative Collaboration by Clay Shirky (20 minutes). This is a challenging description of how the rules are changing in the world - and how it will change the church.
3. Read "What do I do next?"
4. Contact us so we can start working together.

Option Three: Transitioning:

If you are saying, "One of my long term goals is to transition from conventional pastoring to Simple Church Coaching and planting a simple church as a lay person," then this option is for you.

This network already has some pastors in this long-term process, but there are some things you can do right now to get started.

1. Watch Upside Down Leadership (20 minutes)
2. Watch Institutions versus Cooperative Collaboration by Clay Shirky (20 minutes). This is a challenging description of how the rules are changing in the world - and how it will change the church.
3. Watch The Birth of Wikipedia by Jimmy Wales (20 minutes) - This is one example of how cooperative collaboration will change the church.
4. Download and read Dr. Russell Burrill’s book, Recovering an Adventist Approach to the Life & Mission of the Local Church.
5. Read "What do I do next?"
6. Contact us so we can better understand your long-term goal, local context, and start working together.

What do I do next?

First: RAISE AWARENESS in a low-profile way. This is NOT a top-down big announcement.

1. Every day - Pray for an epidemic of Simple Church missionaries.
2. Facebook & Blogging - Social networking is becoming one of the most powerful ways to raise awareness and spread information. Join the Simple Church Facebook group, post your interest, and contribute to the dialogue.
3. Bulletins - Every week put the www.SimpleChurchAtHome.com web page in your bulletin AND invite people who are interested in learning more to talk with you personally.
4. Newsletters - In every church newsletter, put the logo or web page listing. If you want a color logo, contact Milton with specific logo sizes.
5. Web page - If you want a customized logo for your church or personal web page, contact Milton.

Second: CREATE a healthy church planting climate in your church so your congregation understands that healthy churches "give birth."

The fruits of an apple tree are both apples (people) and apple trees (more churches).

Church Administrators

This simple church web page is specifically designed to empower a lay-led missionary movement that reaches people with the Everlasting Gospel.

Gary Krause (General Conference director of AdventistMission.org wrote a letter of recomendation, specifically addressed to world church leaders.

Dan Jackson (NAD President) and Ken Denslow (NAD Vice President) wrote a letter of support, specifically addressed to Conference Presidents.

Don and Marti Schneider personally visited Simple Church and wrote a letter of encouragement highlighting their experience.

There are additional sets of questions that church leaders have about this Simple Church global network. We welcome these questions. please contact Milton:

Phone: 407 429-7281
E-mail: miltonadams@adamsonline.org
Skype: miltonbrendaadams




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