ARKANSAS NEEDS MORE CHURCHES.
IT'S TIME TO MULTIPLY.

IDENTIFY WHO.   INVITE IN.   INVEST MUCH.

OUR DNA

LEVERAGED
BLESSING

We leverage what we've been given to bless others.

INTENTIONAL
PARTNERSHIP

We don't want anyone to be alone in the journey.

ACTIVATE
HUMILITY

We stay teachable and flexible, always with an others-first mentality.

KINGDOM IMPACT

We celebrate each church and its uniqueness in God's plan.

WHAT WE PROVIDE

Leading a church is not easy. It helps to have support.
MULTIPLY offers different levels of support to help make your church successful.

ON RAMPS

PRE-TRAINING, MENTORING, ASSESSMENT
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Anyone can start here. Online discipleship modules and "pre-assessment" training will prepare you to be assessed for church planting. Learn what church planting is, how to do it, and answer your why. Along with discipleship, honest conversations with a mentor will help encourage and check your blindspots so you can take next steps.

RELATIONSHIPS

COMMUNITY, CONSULTING, COACHING
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Existing church planters, pastors, and leaders need community too. Enter into a network of ongoing relationships that meets each quarter to provide encouragement, consulting, and coaching from experienced church leaders both inside and outside Arkansas. Professional counseling is available upon request. 

RESIDENCY

ENDORSEMENT, FUNDING,  PRACTICAL MINISTRY
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Once you apply and have been assessed in a 2-day assessment by MULTIPLY, NAMB, and SEND NETWORK ARKANSAS and are endorsed, then we invite you into a 1-year funded residency that deepens your training while exposing you to real church planting through MULTIPLY. Residency develops your new church prospectus (plan).

RESOURCES

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ADMIN SUPPORT, SUPPLIES
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One of the greatest benefits of MULTIPLY is the tangible support provided to keep the new church moving towards self-sustainability. MULTIPLY provides financial assistance, background administrative support including: bookkeeping, media production, printing, system analysis, and volunteers to help with events and other needs. 
In 2018, the first MULTIPLY church was planted in Fort Smith at the Immanuel Baptist Church on South Dallas St, strategically located across the street from a middle school and elementary school. Cornerstone has been a new church for people looking for a new start ever since. 

HOPE  CHURCH

Ozark is a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts, and yet less than 10% of Ozark's population attends church. Hope Ozark intends to change that by bringing adventure, authenticity, community, and presence to the rural community on the banks of the Arkansas River. 
Nueva Esperanza is Spanish for "New Hope", bringing hope to the Hispanic-speaking population in Fort Smith. Planted on the north side of the city, Nueva Esperanza is located at the Trinity Baptist Church campus on the corner of North 6th and Spradling Avenue.

HOPE  CHURCH

Ozark is a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts, and yet less than 10% of Ozark's population attends church. Hope Ozark intends to change that by bringing adventure, authenticity, community, and presence to the rural community on the banks of the Arkansas River. 

Nueva Esperanza

Nueva Esperanza is Spanish for "New Hope", bringing hope to the Hispanic-speaking population in Fort Smith. Planted on the north side of the city, Nueva Esperanza is located at the Trinity Baptist Church campus on the corner of North 6th and Spradling Avenue.
AARON CHASTAIN, DIRECTOR

"This network helped me.
It can help you."

This is the part of the website where I'm supposed to tell you all about me and myself.   No thanks. Instead, I want to talk about how this network can help you. Yes, you. If you are thinking about planting a church, we need to talk. If you are thinking about revitalizing a church, we need to talk. If you are just starting out, searching for God's will, we need to talk.
If you are looking to invest in local communities in Arkansas, we need to talk.
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MULTIPLY offers a variety of entry points for anyone looking to multiply gospel-centered churches in Arkansas. We identify planters, pastors, leaders, and volunteers who want to make a measured impact, and then we invite them into our ecosystem of support. As we grow in relationship together, we invest more and more resources into the person so that they and their church can be successful in the community God sends them to. This network helped me as a new church planter. It can help you. I've seen the benefits of the network up close and it's more than just talk. MULTIPLY leverages the blessing of the established church to bless other churches. It starts with the person. Is that you? If yes, then we need to talk.

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