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Discerners

The cycle begins with discerning a call to starting a new church. This holy process can be simultaneously exhilarating and overwhelming. We invite discerners into two requirements to work through all aspects of discerning a call to start a new church. First, we invite you to join a discerners group. We have found that the work…

Starters

The cycle continues through empowering starters to begin building healthy church communities. The second stage of our threefold cycle of starting new churches is dedicated to the starters. These practitioners have done the work of discernment and have begun the work of starting a new church. While the call of starting a new church…

Churches

The natural, historical cycle of God’s mission continues through churches in the third stage of our threefold cycle. Discerners become starters, and starters start churches. These churches, as time passes and as God blesses, move into moments of sustainability — in mission, administration, and the health of the leadership. It is on the journey into…

Welcome to Cyclical San Diego

By: Cyclical SD October 19, 2017October 20, 2017

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See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. — Isaiah 43:19 We are thankful for the vision of the Presbytery of San Diego to see church planting as an essential part of its mission moving…

The Plant vs. The Garden

By: Cyclical SD October 19, 2017October 20, 2017

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Our region has been on the front edge of the PCUSA with regard to starting new churches. For this, I am grateful and feel proud to be a part of such a community. The various “plants” that we have accomplished have been changing the landscape of Los Angeles into a place ever becoming like that…

Why 50 Churches of 100 Are Better Than 1 Church of 5,000

By: Cyclical SD October 19, 2017October 20, 2017

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In his insightful article 11 Advantages Of Having 50 Churches Of 100 Instead Of 1 Church Of 5,000, Karl Vaters makes the compelling argument that big churches are not the only way to see the Kingdom of God move forward. How many failed churches might still be alive and well today if we didn’t pressure them to…

The Vision of Cyclical San Diego

By: Cyclical SD October 15, 2017October 17, 2017

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Our team identifies and supports discerning church starters, church starters and existing churches as they join the mission of God through the natural and historical lifecycle of starting new churches. This growing collective of leaders is an ecumenical community of innovators that share a common culture and set of practices created to thoughtfully start new churches across San Diego.