A Fresh Start is what happens when a dying church finds new life through replanting.
Some churches need renewed strategy. Others are out of runway entirely. Fresh Start Network exists for the second kind, bringing the partnership, the leadership, and a new life cycle.
Two minutes on why this network exists.
Mike Rosado on who Fresh Start is for, where the line sits, and what a replant actually looks like on the ground.
Mike Rosado · Director, Fresh Start Network
Two Answers To The Same Question
Revitalization
What a church does for itself
- Same identity, same name. The church stays who it's always been
- The existing pastor, or a called successor, leads the change
- The existing board and governance stay intact
- Longer runway, with room to make incremental adjustments
- Enough internal capacity to do the work, with coaching
Replanting
What happens when it can't
- New identity, often a new name. Something new rises in its place
- A new pastor or team is installed from outside
- Governance dissolves and is restructured under a partner
- Short runway. Drastic change now, or it's over
- No internal capacity left, so it requires a Partner Church
Revitalization is what a church does for itself. Replanting is what happens when it can't.
We don't compete for the stuck church. We show up for the dying one.
One Evaluation. Two Ways In.
When you open the Evaluation, you choose your path. Answer honestly and we'll tell you the truth, even when the truth is that you don't need us.
Where Do You Fit
Two different sides. Same movement.
“We Need a Fresh Start”
Your runway is shorter than anyone says out loud. Find out where your church actually sits on the life cycle, and what the three thresholds are that every replant has to cross first.
“We Want to Help Replant Churches”
For the pastor called to walk into something hard and stay, and the healthy church that was never meant to keep its health to itself. Certification opens this month.
The year before, Calvary Alliance Church had three kids in the whole church. After their new beginning, sixty came to Vacation Bible School.
A relational network focused on replanting life giving churches locally, regionally, and globally.