models that are endemic or indigenous to one’s own community and leadership. This is true for both church planting and the renewal of established churches. The remaining question that begs to be answered is how might we develop such models? I’ve used the following process both as a pastor and as a consultant, and God in turn has used it to start new works (see my book Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century1) and renew established works across North America and abroad (see Advanced Strategic