We encourage various types of church planting and styles. Large churches, smaller community churches, and house churches.

We provide church planter assessments and tools to help you plant a church.
Contact Pastor Lester Zimmerman or Pastor Curt Malizzi if you have interest in planting a church.  

Start now!

• Write an email with your heart's vision to either Pastor Lester or Pastor Curt
• Let us know what geographical location across the world you would like to plant churches
• Let us know what training you have
• Attend the DOVE Global Leadership and Ministry School - in partnership with the Hopewell Network
• Meet with Pastor Lester for an initial discussion of your vision
• Develop a Church Planting Vision plan
• House Church Values and Guidelines

We can help you!

Other ways to learn and grow:

• Attend our October Fall Conference at Petra Church
• Read the book of the Hopewell Story – Handprint of God
• Familiarize yourself with the Hopewell Network Manual
• Attend a Hopewell Network Tuesday Pastors meeting at Petra Church
• Read books on church planting
• Meet with a church planter and learn what is involved