Church Planting Leadership

What Church Planting Leadership does

Church Planting Leadership (CPL) is a training non-profit organization founded by Dr. John Worcester and Diane Worcester that equips church planters and church planting leaders with coaching, curriculums, and a codified church planting methodology. Its core intellectual property is the ACTS Strategy — a four-phase framework that Assesses, Coaches, Trains, and Supports church planters — developed by Dr. Worcester over 25+ years of planting and pastoring eight Biblically driven, evangelistic growth churches in diverse domestic and foreign settings. The product portfolio also includes a prototyping 10-month training process for planting evangelistic growth groups and churches, multiple downloadable church planter training curriculums and articles (e.g., on evangelistic growth, church planting timing, and faith-beginner retention), and the Harvest Teams initiative, the organization's latest evangelistic outreach program.

CPL's technology and platform are minimal: the underlying "platform" is the ACTS methodology combined with Dr. Worcester's direct coaching relationships and a Weebly-hosted website (churchplanting.net) that distributes free PDF articles and resources. There is no software product, no app, no API, and no documented AI capability. Distribution is conducted through direct training and coaching engagements (including international sessions), the website's self-serve resource library, testimonials from pastors and planters, and a strategic partnership with Asian Access that has delivered training in Mongolia, Nepal, Myanmar, and Japan. CPL claims to have trained 5,000+ church planters across 30+ countries.

The business model is donation-supported: CPL generates no revenue from tuition, licensing, or product sales, and all training and coaching is provided free of charge. Income is received through an online giving portal and check payments directed to a Fort Worth, TX mailing address, with donors able to allocate funds to specific initiatives such as Harvest Teams/CPL, Andy & Cassia's Ministry, or Special Projects A & C, and to set up recurring giving via bank bill pay. The organization operates with 9 employees from a San Diego base, is privately held (no equity funding rounds), and shows no evidence of external institutional investment or parent-company control.

Name

Church Planting Leadership

Legal name

Church Planting Leadership

Website

https://churchplanting.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Church Planting Leadership is a training non-profit founded by John and Diane Worcester that provides church planting coaching, curriculums, and the ACTS Strategy framework to church planters and church planting leaders across 30+ countries, funded entirely by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious/Ministry Training Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Church planting training
• Evangelistic church growth
• Church multiplication coaching
• Pastoral leadership training
• Ministry curriculum development

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: CPL generates revenue through charitable donations via online giving portal and check payments. Donors can direct funds to specific initiatives including Harvest Teams/CPL, Andy & Cassia's Ministry, or Special Projects A & C. Recurring giving can be set up through bank bill pay.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Church Planting Leadership is a training non-profit that equips church planters and church planting leaders with the ACTS Strategy (Assess, Coach, Train, Support), a proprietary methodology developed by founder Dr. John Worcester. It delivers coaching, a 10-month training process, multiple church planter training curriculums, and downloadable resources to support the planting of evangelistic growth churches worldwide. All training and curriculum materials are provided free of charge and funded through charitable donations.

Product overview

Church Planting Leadership is a training non-profit organization offering a unified portfolio centered on church planting education. The core offering consists of the ACTS Strategy (Assess, Coach, Train, Support), which provides a comprehensive framework for church planters, combined with church planter training curriculums that help contextualize Biblical principles. The organization also offers a 10-month training process that equips leaders to plant evangelistic growth groups and churches. The portfolio includes downloadable resources such as articles on evangelistic growth, church planting timing, and faith beginners retention.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harvest Teams: Latest initiative mentioned on the website - a church planting team program.

Products and services

• ACTS Strategy A comprehensive church planting strategy developed by Dr. John Worcester that Assesses, Coaches, Trains, and Supports church planters to achieve evangelistic growth. Designed for church planters, church planting leaders, and ministry organizations.
• 10-Month Training Process A prototype training program that equips leaders to plant evangelistic growth groups and churches, focusing on applying Biblical principles learned from decades of planting experience. Aimed at church planting leaders and planters.
• Church Planter Training Curriculums Training materials and curriculums created by Dr. John Worcester that help church planters contextualize and practically apply Biblical principles to their ministry contexts. Used by individual church planters and partner ministry networks.
• Church Planting Leadership Training Program The overarching training non-profit program that delivers coaching and practical resources for church multiplication, having trained over 5,000 church planters from over 30 countries. Aimed at church planters and church planting leaders worldwide.
• Harvest Teams Church planting team program under the Church Planting Leadership umbrella, focused on forming evangelistic outreach teams and referenced as the organization's latest initiative.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5000+ church planters trained from over 30 countries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Asian AccesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohn Worcester taught church planting and church multiplication in Mongolia, Nepal, and Myanmar through Asian Access. The partnership involved training key church planting leaders and pastors, with the teaching described as practical and encouraging. Multiple church multiplication networks have resulted from this strategic and inspiring training.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Acts 29: Acts 29 is a global church planting network that trains, assesses, and coaches church planters to plant reproducing churches. It shares CPL's mission of training planters in evangelistic church planting methodology.
• Stadia Church Planting: Stadia Church Planting is a US-based ministry that partners with church planters, networks, and missionaries to launch reproducing churches globally. It is directly comparable to CPL in its focus on church planter training, coaching, and multiplication strategy.
• Church Multiplication Network (CMN): CMN is a US-based church planting organization that develops leaders and planters to start reproducing churches. It is comparable to CPL through its training and coaching of evangelistic church planters.
• SEND International: SEND International is a missions agency that plants churches among unreached people groups and trains missionaries globally. It is comparable to CPL in its international focus on church planting, missionary training, and multiplication.
• Church Planting Village (CPVillage): Church Planting Village is a community and training network that supports church planters through coaching cohorts and curated resources. It is comparable to CPL's role of training and coaching individual church planters and church planting leaders.
• NewChurches.com: NewChurches.com is a church planting resource hub offering assessments, coaching, and content for church planters and planters' wives. It shares CPL's focus on training and equipping church planters through structured resources.
• Asian Access: Asian Access is a Japan-based missions organization that partners with national leaders to plant churches and train leaders across Asia. It is a direct peer and strategic partner of CPL, with John Worcester having taught church planting and multiplication through Asian Access in Mongolia, Nepal, and Myanmar.
• Exponential (Church Multiplication Network): Exponential is a national church multiplication organization that equips church planters and networks through conferences, training, and content. It overlaps with CPL in providing frameworks and training for church multiplication and evangelistic growth.

Emerging players

• Frontier Ventures (formerly U.S. Center for World Mission): Frontier Ventures focuses on frontier missions and church planting among least-reached peoples, including training and mobilizing missionaries. It overlaps with CPL's international training and multiplication mission.
• Mission Increase Foundation: Mission Increase Foundation equips Christian ministries with funding and coaching to multiply their kingdom impact. While broader in scope, it intersects with CPL through ministry capacity-building and resource multiplication for faith-based organizations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/church-planting-leadership

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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