Support the Movement

We believe we are responding to God's call to reach more people, more young people and more diverse people for Jesus Christ.

We seek to share God's love with everyone through creating new places for new people to experience the Good News!

We have witnessed God raising up new leaders, equipped in a variety of ways, who will join us on this journey of starting new United Methodist Churches across the United States.

Here are a few ways God may be calling you to get involved: 

Funding

Your gifts can support church planting in many significant ways! Help to fund planters, strategists, training, research and more! Learn how you can contribute here.

Encouraging

Encourage potential new church missionaries to contact the New Church Start Office.

Encourage others in your area to support efforts to plant new churches by joining the Path 1 Facebook group.

Encourage others taking part in the movement by sharing success stories of new church starts.

Praying
The Path 1 Prayer Movement seeks to undergird all our new church planting efforts with prayer. Sign-up to be a prayer warrior for our new church starts, submit requests and/or learn more here.

Learning
We encourage leaders to attend Boot Camps and New Church Leadership Institutes (NCLI). These events are usually held in each Jurisdiction.  Boot Camps are designed for leaders who are planting new churches or for those who have recently planted a new church. Find a Boot Camp or NCLI in your Jurisdiction.

Partnering
Consider being part of a launch team for a new church start. Approach your congregation about serving as a partner for a new church start. Tell us about a potential planter, a location needing a new congregation or a congregation ready to start a new church.