Treasure State Baptist Association

CHURCH PLANTING APPLICATION

For:

_________________________________
(Your Name Here)

 

Please Attach

A Recent

Family, Couple, or

Individual Photo

Here.

 

 

Church Planting Application Instructions:

Ø      Contact references and mail a copy of the reference form to them.

Ø      Thoroughly and accurately complete Church Planting Application.

Ø      Mail completed application, photo, resume, preaching video or audiotape, DISC profile, spiritual gift inventory and Church Planter Assessment Report (if available) to:

Treasure State Baptist Association
P. O. Box 1096
Townsend, MT 59644
Office Phone:  406-266-3747 
Email:  aatsba@msn.com

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE IN BLACK INK)

I.  PERSONAL DATA  
Church Plant Area for which you are applying (if known): Social Security Number
Residential Address

 

 Daytime Phone

Evening Phone
Email Date and place of birth

Check One:   o Single o Engaged       o Married       o Divorced      o Remarried
Date of current marriage                                         Date of first marriage                                            Date of divorce

If ever divorced, please describe the circumstances of your divorce on another page.
Spouse’s name Social Security Number
Spouse’s education

 
Children (name, sex, birth date)

 

 

   

II.  EDUCATION
Schools attended beyond high school: 
(start with first to most recent)

    Year Graduated  

Degree or Diploma
     
     
     

    

III.  CHURCH AND DENOMINATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Date of conversion Date united with Southern Baptist church
Where have you been an active member of a church at the last three years?
What denomination has this been affiliated with?
Licensed by Church Date
Ordained by                                                                                        Church Date

 

Position
(Start with first Positions and move to present.  Include both volunteer and paid.)                                   

Church or Organization 

 

Location

 

Years

 
       
       
       
Data on Last Church:

Number of resident church members: ____________                     Additions last year:  baptisms _____                       Other ______

What is your salary, benefits package (housing, insurance, retirement, etc.)? _______________________

Does church provide home? ____________________

 

IV. GENERAL QUESTIONS
1.      Why do you want to plant a new church?

 
2.      Have you ever served in a mission or helped develop a new church?  ______  If so, in what capacity?

 
3.      Are you willing to do secular work in order to serve?  Explain. 

 
4.      What are your secular work skills & your spouses?

 
5.      Share the most positive work or ministry experience you have had in your life & why was it so meaningful?

 
6.      Would you consider your style of ministry to be traditional or contemporary? (please define these two terms)  Why?

 
7.      Describe your spouse’s perspective on moving to Montana. (include children if applicable)

 
8.      In regard to your children, do you prefer to ___ Home School,  -__ Public School,  ___ Christian School,  ___Other – Explain

 
9.      Do you agree with The Baptist Faith and Message?   __________ Which version? _____________

 
10.  Please check the following:

Do you practice Glossalalia (speaking in tongues) in public or private?

YOU

o Yes    o No

SPOUSE

o Yes    o No
Do you use tobacco or drink alcoholic beverages?   o Yes    o No o Yes    o No
Do you use or have you used illegal drugs?   o Yes    o No o Yes    o No
Have you ever been arrested or indicted for a felony? o Yes    o No o Yes    o No
Are there any personal, relational, physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual issues in your past or present that might hinder your effectiveness or otherwise be an embarrassment to the mission cause? o Yes    o No o Yes    o No
If yes to any of the above, please explain.
11.  Do you, your wife and/or children (if applicable) have any health (or family) problems that would dictate where you have to live & the length of time you can stay in Montana?

 

 

V.  BELIEF AND PRACTICE.
      (Please respond to the following items as accurately as possible while maintaining brevity – one paragraph unless noted otherwise.  Answer on separate pages and attach.)

1.      In no more than one page write a spiritual autobiography.  Describe your salvation experience, call to Christian ministry, call to church planting, and reasons for interest in the Montana. (both planter & spouse complete individually)

 

2.      What would others say you’re interested in or passionate about in life & ministry? (both planter & spouse complete individually)

 

3.      Please share the reasons for your interest in becoming a church planter?

 

4.      In what ways has God gifted you to serve in a Church Planting ministry?  Please include how these gifts were identified (i.e., spiritual gift inventory, affirmation of church body, etc) and a description of your operating in the gifts.

 

5.      How are you involved in personal evangelism?  What type of setting do you find yourself sharing your faith in?  Describe your most recent effort to lead someone to a personal conversion experience, giving time, place and result.

 

6.      What are some places you have traveled that opened your eyes to see a bigger world?  What did you do while you were there to experience the uniqueness of the culture and people there? What were some of the strengths that you observed in their culture that is not in your own?

 

7.      Describe an experience in which you gathered people together to accomplish a task.  Include your responsibilities and the results.

 

8.      NAMB as well as the Southern Baptist Convention has adopted the Baptist Faith & Message Statement as a framework for its work and the appointment and approval of personnel.  Please respond to the following statements with a “yes” or “no”.  If “no” please explain.

Ø      Do you agree that the Scriptures are “truth without any mixture of error”?

Ø      Do you believe in miracles and historical events recorded in the Bible actually occurred?

Ø      Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the virgin born Son of God who died for sins, rose bodily from the grave and is coming again?

Ø      Do you recognize immersion of believers as the scriptural mode of baptism?

 

9.      Write one paragraph describing your basic Christian convictions concerning each of the following:  (1) Concept of God,  (2) Deity and Lordship of Christ,  (3) Plan of Salvation,  (4) The Bible,  (5) Church,  (6) Baptism,  (7) Lord’s Supper,  (8) Church polity/decision making process,  (9) Stewardship of Life and Possessions (include your view of tithing)  (10) Charismatic phenomena,  (11) Moral Issues (abortion, divorce, homosexuality, etc.).

 

10.  Describe your concept of cooperation with Association, State Convention, Southern Baptist Convention.  Include your perspective on channeling mission money to SBC causes through the Cooperative Program.

 

11.  Write no more than one page describing your “dream” ministry opportunity.

 

 

VI.  REFERENCES:

Pastor:

                Name _______________________________             Phone _______________             Email __________________

 

                Address ____________________________________________________________________________

 

Local Church Leader:

                Name _______________________________             Phone _______________             Email __________________

 

                Address _________________________________________________________________________________

 

Layman:

                Name _______________________________             Phone _______________             Email __________________

 

                Address _________________________________________________________________________________

 

Most Recent Director of Missions:  (Denominational leader)

                Name _______________________________             Phone _______________             Email __________________

 

                Address _________________________________________________________________________________

 

Friend:

                Name _______________________________             Phone _______________             Email __________________

 

                Address _________________________________________________________________________________

 
 

I HEREBY STATE THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS APPLICATION IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.  I AUTHORIZE THE TREASURE STATE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, THE MONTANA SOUTHERN BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP, THE NORTH AMERICAN MISSION BOARD, SBC TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH PLANTING PROCESS.  I AUTHORIZE THE ABOVE-MENTIONED AGENCIES TO CHECK AND OBTAIN FROM ANY CREDIT OR CONSUMER-REPORTING AGENCY ANY AND ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING MY BACKGOUND AND PERSONAL CREDIT HISTORY.  I UNDERSTAND THAT IF I MAKE A REQUEST TO THE AGENCY THAT OBTAINS SUCH INFORMATION THAT I WILL BE FURNISHED THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CREDIT OR CONSUMER-REPORTING AGENCY FROM WHICH THE REPORT WAS REQUESTED.  I AUTHORIZE THE ABOVE-MENTIONED AGENCIES TO PERFORM A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK ON ME.

 

 

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SIGNATURE (As shown on social security card)                                                                                      DATE