The Church

Send. Plant. Develop. Nurture. Partner. Together.

The Church is the heart and soul of Avant. We exist to plant and develop churches in the unreached areas of the world. We've been doing it since the 19th century, and haven't deviated from this calling. We do it intentionally, and with specifically-crafted and proven church planting principles. But we don't and can't do it alone. We partner with sending churches in order to see new churches planted globally.

Your Church + Avant = Kingdom Impact

Imagine the Kingdom impact if churches and mission agencies worked together strategically to recruit, train and send church planting teams to the mission field. The result of this direct cooperation could produce more teams to plant more churches in less time.

Where There is No Church

Avant focuses on planting the church where there is no church. Our ever-changing world presents a sense of urgency that motivates us to be strategic and innovative. Avant’s church planting principles provide accountability and equips a team of missionaries to shorten the length of time it takes to plant a mature, nationally-led, reproducing church.

We believe the local church has an important role to play in all of this, so we place a priority on developing a relationship with churches who send out missionaries. Joint Venture was created as an opportunity for the church and agency to combine their strengths to plant the church among the unreached.

See Avant's Church Planting Principles

What is Joint Venture?

The typical Joint Venture team consists of six to ten adults from your congregation who train together in Avant’s method of church planting. The team will spend five to seven years planting churches in an unreached area of the world. Depending on location, the time could be shorter or longer to see a healthy church emerge.

Your church recruits a team from within the congregation, selects the field location, and creates a timeline for deployment. As your agency, Avant provides training, administrative details as well as a broad range of cross-cultural guidance.

Each Joint Venture team will be different because every church is unique. However, the goal is always the same: missionaries are sent, the gospel is preached and churches are planted!

Shared Responsibility

Church	Avant
Biblical Training	Cross-Cultural Training
Discipleship	Leadership Development
Member Selection	Team Training
Field Selection	Field Structure and Oversight
Missionary Care	Member Care
Ministry Needs	Personnel Needs
Nurturing	Supervising
Communication	Communication

Connect with Church Relations

Joint Venture was created to mobilize members of a given church to serve together overseas. Watch a video overview.