jacksonville city church: partnership guide (january 2011)

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Partnership Guide

JACKSONVILLE

CITY CHURCH


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WHO

IS

MIC

HAEL?

1 Year AgoFor ve-and-a-half years, Michael served on staff at FBCMiddleburg. For the last three years, he has enjoyedpastoring the families of a contemporary worship servicethat has grown from 130 to over 530 people. The seniorpastoral staff approached Michael in early 2010 about thepossibility of planting a church. It was at the same timethat Michael and Rachel were sensing Gods direction tobe a part of a work in the city. After several months ofdiscussion and prayer, plans were made to begin Michaelstransition from a pastor at FBC Middleburg to establish aconservative church in the heart of Jacksonville. Michael

and Rachel moved to their Riverside area apartment inthe fall of 2010. On Sunday, January 9, 2011, First BaptistChurch formally announced their support for Michael andJacksonville City Church.

11 Years AgoMichael responded to Gods calling on hislife over eleven years ago when he joinedthe staff of a church plant in Orange Parkas a youth minister. The following summer hemoved to the Panhandle to attend The BaptistCollege of Florida. While in college, Michaeljoined the staff of BCF and worked there forover three years. In 2005, Michael graduatedcollege, married Rachel and moved backto North East Florida to work on staff at FirstBaptist Church of Middleburg.


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WHYA N E W C H U R C H

Here are a few more reasons we should be planting churches:

- New churches best reach new generations, new residents, andnew people groups. They develop new leaders and acceptnewcomers more eagerly out of sheer necessity.

- New churches best reach the unchurched. The average newchurch gains most of its new members from the unchurched,

while churches over 10 years old gain most of their new membersby transfer from other congregations.

- New churches are the most efcient and biblical form of missionsand disciple making. It was Pauls strategy to go to a city andestablish churches there before he considered it reached.

Although there are many reasons to plant a new church, the mostimportant reason is because Jesus told us to! In Matthew 28:19, Jesusgives us a clear picture of what the church should be doing. The early

Christians understood that the church should always be multiplying.It should not be a rare event. Instead, planting churches should be aregular part of the growth and development of every Biblical church.

Why focus on the Riverside/Avondale area?We were led to this area over the course of several months.Since then, we have discovered the following:

- It is one of the most diverse and populated areas of Jacksonville.

- There is a signicant lack of biblical Christian inuence.- More 10,000 people live within a half-mile of our apartment.- Many families have been left unreached by current churches.


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DEVELOP CORE TEAM - FEBRUARY

ESTABLISH MEETING PLACE - MARCH

FIRST WORSHIP SERVICE - APRIL

SUMMER PROJECTS - JUNE

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE - 2013

BEGIN TO PLANT A CHURCH - 2013

FIRST MISSION TRIP - 2012

HOST MISSION TEAMS - 2012

BACK TO SCHOOL PROJECT - AUGUST

FIRST CHRISTMAS SERVICE - DECEMBER

PUBLIC BIBLE STUDY - MARCH

BEGIN SMALL GROUPS - APRIL

FBC MIDDLEBURG UPDATE - SEPTEMBER

WHENA B R I E F T I M E L I N E


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2011 2012 2013

StaffPastor, Worship & Childrens Leaders

45,200 56,600 65,000

AdministrationBookkeeping, CMS, Reserve, Payroll

6,700 7,300 9,000

FacilityRent, Utilities, Equipment

27,000 30,000 35,000

MinistryMaterials for Services and Studies

2,000 3,000 5,000

MissionsSpecial Projects, SBC CP, Church Planting 4,800 6,000 11,000

Total $85,700 $102,900 $125,000

WHATW E N E E D T O T H R I V E

As a church plant,we need some help

getting off the ground.For the rst two years wewill need the support offaithful believers. Withenough initial support, ina short amount of time,we will not only be self-sufcient, we will also bemultiplying by plantingmore churches.

2011 Partner Support

Budget fromSupport

68,560 (75%)

CurrentCommitments

23,940 (28%)

RemainingSupport Needed

$40,279(47%)


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PRAYFirst, we need you to pray for us, thechurch, our city and its people. We havea lot going against us but we know whois for us!

GIVEWe need you to give. Your regularnancial gifts will help us to become self-

sustainable more quickly. But even moreimportantly, we believe that the NewTestament contains many examples ofbelievers personally supporting churchplanting. Will you make a nancialsacrice to advance the Gospel?

JOIN USYour prayers and nancial support arecritical, but we could also use yourinvaluable time. Could you give severalmonths to grow Gods kingdom by

investing yourself and your familys livesinto this church?

Please visit www.jaxcitychurch.org tofnd out more and to let us know how

you can help by praying, giving orjoining us.

HOW

YOU

CANH

ELP


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1650 Margaret St. Suite 302 Box #249 | Jacksonville, Florida 32204-3869

www.jaxcitychurch.org

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