Developing a Plan of Action to Plant a Newlife Campus in Tri-Cities, WA

Abstract

Tri-Cities, Washington, is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, but the Church isn't keeping up. What kind of church does the Tri-Cities need? Could newlife be part of the solution? I believe newlife can reach the unreached in the Columbia Basin area by focusing on the mission of Jesus Christ to help heal the world. This project followed the Biblical and historical narrative of church planting and then compared these key insights with the methods and mission of newlife church. The study focuses on four primary questions: How does a church that has worked in Kitsap County (where newlife launched) assert itself in another community? What parts of the church (theology and methodology) translate into a new context? What about the language of the culture? How do things like ethnicity, economics, and family structure affect the strategy of this particular newlife campus? Finally, as insights were made, a plan of action including planting the campus was given.