RECRUIT
SUPPORT
TRAIN
CONNECT
ENGAGE

Regional & Global

We offer training and coaching for church planters. We also host training events for church planters in major cities around the world.

Our mission is to work collaboratively with the schools and faculty of Asbury Theological Seminary to recruit, support, train, and connect Spirit-filled church planters.

Who
we are

The Center for Church Multiplication reflects Asbury Theological Seminary’s commitment to prepare church leaders to serve in multicultural and global contexts. Working collaboratively with the Seminary’s schools and faculty, the Center recruits, supports, trains, and connects Spirit-filled church planters who establish healthy, multiplying, and sustainable churches in every context on earth. The Center also engages global conversations on church multiplication to share ideas and learn from others with a posture of humility, curiosity, and grace.

Read Church Planter Stories
Asbury Seminary is on the cutting edge of training a new generation to reimagine the future possibilities of the church.
— Todd Wilson, Co-founder of Exponential
I am genuinely excited about Asbury Seminary’s Center for Church Multiplication because of its potential to equip leaders to multiply disciples and missionally dynamic communities of faith!
— Alan Hirsch, Author The Forgotten Ways
The Center for Church Multiplication has developed an exciting opportunity for extreme learners to rethink how we might inhabit a new missional landscape.
— Mark Dunwoody, Fresh Expressions Leader, St. Alban’s Diocese, UK
It's rare to find a space that leads with the kind of prayer, encouragement, and compassion that you all do. Thanks for investing in me and believing in me over the past three years.
— 2025 CCM grant recipient and church planter
I sure could have used CCM in the 1990's when I planted my first church. This is an awesome program.
— 2025 CCM grant recipient and church planter

Recruit

We find and engage future church planters from Asbury Seminary and beyond, embracing relationships with denominations and church planting networks to identify and support church planting teams.

Support

We support church planters through prayer, pastoral care, and financial grants.

Train

We train church planters in practical ways through coaching and conferences and by connecting church planters to certificate and degree programs offered by Asbury Theological Seminary.

Connect

We connect church planters with each other, with church multiplication networks, and with the research, tools, training, and resources they need.

Engage

We learn from and contribute to discussions on church multiplication that are facilitated by partner denominations and global networks. We also contribute to books, articles, webinars and podcasts addressing church multiplication principles, practices and models.