LaunchTicket utilizes five learning modules and a handbook, which introduces and summarizes the modules.  Below is an overview of the main objectives of the five modules.  They will help you do the right things, steer you away from doing the wrong things, and maximize your kingdom impact.

1. Starting from Square One

Guided by your coach, you will lay the foundation for a church that never stops making an ever-larger impact in its community.

Objectives

• Form your conception and launch teams.
• Cast the vision to your initial team members and explain the steps your church will take during its first year.
• Create your Year One calendar.
• Prepare the legal aspects of the church such as non-profit status and local church bylaws.
• Develop a personal financial plan for the lead pastor's income.
• Create a budget for the first two years of your church.
• Put in place the systems necessary to gather, manage, and protect the resources that have been allocated to your church.
• Establish prayer covering and support for your new church.
  

2. Strategic Planning and Implementation

Guided by your coach, here are the key things you will do to build strategic planning and implementation systems that can develop your church into a high impact ministry.

Objectives

• Implement a well-designed strategic plan to build your church.
• Identify the people your church is called to reach and determine how their needs and backgrounds will affect your ministry strategy.
• Implement a strategic planning process that aligns all the aspects of your church behind God’s unique vision for it. This includes:
  • Developing a clear Mission that defines God’s purpose for your church.
  • Developing and implementing a Vision that paints a picture of God’s preferred future for your church.
  • Defining your Core Values, Critical Success Factors, and Measurements to assure that all goals and activities are aligned and integrated throughout your ministry.
  • Developing a clear strategy to reach your Goals and Objectives with specific action plans, tracking and reviewing processes, and communication systems.
  • Designing a clear strategy for creating the Critical Teams that must be in place by Grand Opening.
    

4. Weekend Experiences

Guided by your coach, here are the key things you will do to create weekend experiences where people connect with God and to which people feel compelled to invite their friends.

Objectives

• Establish your weekend planning team.
• Select and prepare the venue that best contributes to the growth of your weekend experiences.
• Leverage your talent and limited numbers to provide maximum impact while avoiding volunteer burnout.
• Prepare worship experiences that people are proud to attend.
• Continually add artists and musicians as God sends them your way.
  

5. Leading the New Church

Guided by your coach, here’s what you will do to become the kind of leader who can lead a church of significance.

Objectives

• Identify your default leadership style and learn to adapt it to maximize your influence.
• Understand the reasons why most churches stay small and what must be done to overcome the crucial growth barriers.
• Implement time management and organization systems that focus your time on the most important priorities and improve your productivity.
• Develop a long-term organizational structure that allows your church to grow organically.
• Learn to identify and appropriately deal with people whose agenda is different from your own.
• Understand your role as the primary vision-caster and the embodiment of the dream.