The Calling of the Planter

Mark Driscoll shares from the book of Acts the calling of a church planter. He list the following 12 items as evidence of church planting. All need the first one and you need at least one of the others.

Watch his sermon here.

The opening session of the 2009 Acts 29 Boot Camp held in Seattle on March 9-10, 2009.
13 Questions to Determine God's Call of a Church Planter


The first one is mandatory. One other is needed as well (not every one).


1. Have I responded to the gospel call & received the Spirit?

2. Is the Holy Spirit out ahead of me planting the church?

3. Is my church planting call obvious to other godly leaders? (Acts 2:14)

4. Has God confirmed my church plant by showing up in miraculous power? (Acts 3 & 4)

5. Am I reaching lost people to start my plant? (Acts 8:5-9, 12)

6. Has Jesus showed up & told me to plant? (Acts 9:15-16)

7. Has God called me to plant through a vision? (Acts 10-11:18; 16:9-10)

8. Has God providentially relocated me to plant? (Acts 11:19-21)

9. Is God sending me to plant because my church does not much need me? (Acts 13:1-3)

10. Is God calling me to plant because I am wasting my time in a toxic place? (14:1-7)

11. Am I called to be a catalytic church planter or plant a church planting church center? (Acts 14:23-26)

12. Has God called me to plant by giving me a deep burden for a city/people? (Acts 17:16)

13. Has God called me to plant by giving me a core group? (Acts 18:7-8)