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Awaken Pathway is how The Awaken Network trains church planters, all in one place. You learn in a cohort, walk with a coach, practice hard conversations and build your church plan, from the first call to the first Sunday. No one is sent alone.

A smiling young woman stands in a baptism pool while two people hold her and laugh with her.

Called to plant a church?

Start with a conversation. Tell Awaken who you are and where you feel sent, and a person from Awaken will write back.

  1. 1Inquiry
  2. 2Conversation
  3. 3Assessment
  4. 4Sending entity confirmed
  5. 5Cohort
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One path, three phases

14 domains, one at a time, in Awaken's order. Every week has four parts: Discovery, Discussion, Develop and Dig Deeper.

  1. Five people on sofas around a coffee table with a teapot, Bibles open, laughing together.

    Foundations

    You'll walk away rooted in Christ, clear about your calling, and equipped with a biblical and contextual foundation.

    1. 1Intro / Missio Dei
    2. 2Personal Spiritual Foundations
    3. 3Contextualize Community
    4. 4Model of Church
    5. 5Core Values
    6. 6Visioning
  2. Neighbors shake hands at a neighborhood block party while a girl looks on.

    Lead with Mission

    You'll learn how to build a missional culture where evangelism, discipleship, and multiplication are at the core.

    1. 7Evangelism Strategy
    2. 8Discipleship Strategy
    3. 9Multiplication Strategy
  3. Women in matching yellow dresses and head wraps dance their offering up the aisle as the church looks on.

    Build for Multiplication

    You'll be prepared to launch and sustain a multiplying church with clarity, systems, and partners.

    1. 10Team Building / Development
    2. 11Church Ministries
    3. 12Fundraising and Budgeting
    4. 13Processes
    5. 14Final Prospectus and Financial Partnership

Equipped for the call

What every planter gets on the way.

Young adults around a long table with open Bibles and coffee mugs, talking together.
A cohort
Planters learn and practice together. Each week opens a discussion where your cohort and your coach reply.
A coach
A coach walks alongside you, meets with you on coaching calls and confirms the grade on your Develop work.
Practice
Most weeks, a practice case lets you rehearse a hard conversation before you have it for real. You can always run it again.
Your church plan
Each presentation week saves one section of your Launch Plan. The last week brings it together as your Launch Plan and Pitch, and at launch it becomes your church's plan.
The Mission Field
A picture of the town you are sent to: its people from the census, the churches already there and photos of the place. Every number shows its source and date.

No one is sent alone

Every planter has a sending entity: a local church, a network or a district that affirms your call, provides accountability and commits to support you.

Your sending entity can see where you are on the path and how your Launch Plan is coming along. It never sees your coaching calls.

Three friends stand arm in arm at a neighborhood block party.
Three neighbors smile together outdoors at a block party.
Church members stand close with hands on each other's shoulders, praying together.
  • A local church
  • A network
  • A district

No sending entity yet? Start the conversation anyway. You can add one later.

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