Contact information: New Church Development Global Ministry Center 17001 Prairie Star Parkway Lenexa, KS 66220 Phone: 913-577-0500 x2862 Toll free: (800) 306-8294 Fax: (913) 577-0883 Email: newchurch@nazarene.org
Dr. Bill Wiesman
Director, New Church Development USA / Canada
Since 1980, Bill has been involved in the start of 60 churches in New York, Alabama, and Tennessee as founding pastor, sponsoring pastor, or coach.
What is New Church Evangelism?
New Church Evangelism is a holistic approach to starting new churches. New churches can be traditional NewStarts (see below), or they can take many other forms. It has been consistently shown that church planting--in whatever form it takes--is the most effective way to reach more with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Besides NewStart churches--churches sponsored by church or district intended as Fully Organized Nazarene Churches immediately--new churches can be:
The NewStart Program
NewStart is a program started in 1994 by Dr. Bill Sullivan to effectively train, equip, and encourage pastors and district leaders to start new churches. Since then, over 1700 new Nazarene churches have been started through the program.
Dr. Sullivan and others have written a wealth of material about gathering the prayer, core team, and financial resources necessary for starting a new, self-sustaining Nazarene congregation in it's own building. Many of those resources can be found on this website.
You can read more detailed information about NewStart on the About NewStart page.