Pioneer Innovation Lab
This Lab is for the few pioneering pastors who see the giant, wide-open Gospel opportunity that COVID-19 pandemic has created. They don’t want to miss the moment.
Choose one of the following: In less than 3 months, we’ll help you get your innovation on the road.
Plant a Church
It’s impossible to do a launch large strategy right now. Heck, we can’t even meet in buildings. But there might not be a more fertile time to plant a church in our lifetime.
Launch a New Kind of Group
You’re seeing that your group life strategy isn’t cutting mustard. Or maybe you just want to take it to the next level. Now’s the time to experiment and find the future of your community life.
Start a new City Network
You know what’s better than ONE city network of churches looking to plant churches together? TWO. Pastors are starting to collaborate more and more right now and there’s fresh ground to take.
About the Pioneer Innovation Lab
(Rich and Doug do a 120 second video about the Lab)
They say that “neccesity is the mother of invention.”
During this pandemic, innovation has moved from a nicety to a necessity.
So let’s find the future of the church by innovating together.
How the Pioneer Innovation Lab Works
You Pick
the Innovation
What’s the thing you want to pioneer, experiment and innovate on in the next three months. Let’s go.
Step into our Collaborative Process
Leaning hard into group learning, we walk through the 5 Phases of Gospel Innovation together.
Regular Rhythm of Building Together
For three months, we’ll have regular rhythms of building, iterating and troubleshooting your innovations together.
Let’s Launch it Live (and learn)
We’ll get the prototype on the road fast so we make the most of this Kingdom oppenness and opportunity.
Some details you’ll be asking about.
What are the actual mechanics of this process?
Choose your Innovation
Choose the innovation you want to go after: Plant a church, launch a new kind of group, multiply a new city network. We get you in the cohort that’s best suited for you.
Phase 1
Phase 1 lasts for 5 weeks and involves a weekly, 90-minute Zoom call. It’s about designing and discerning, building with scaleability as the end in mind.
Phase 2
Phase 2 lasts for 2 months and involves a bi-weekly, 90-minute Zoom call. It’s about launching, iterating, evaluating and scaling your innovation.
It Lasts 3 Months
The whole process lasts for 3 months, and walks out, in real time, the proprietary process for Gospel Innovation we use (see more info on that below) to help leaders get custom innovation.
A few of the people helping
to lead the Innovation Lab
Doug Paul
Rich Robinson
Patrick O'Connell
Dave Ferguson
Todd Milby
Andy Graham
Eric Metcalf
Jon Ferguson
Our Master Tools &
the Process of Gospel Innovation
IDENTIFICATION
IDEATION
EXPERIMENTATION
MOBILIZATION
MULTIPLICATION
To help you get your mind around this process, here’s an example of another kind of Innovation Lab we lead with pastors and church teams.
It produces a different innovative outcome, but uses the same process.
Registration Details
- Cost:
Normally this three-month process is $3,000. While we are not formally asking for payment for this Lab, we’d ask you to prayerfully consider “paying it forward” for future pastors who will need a scholarship. (Even if it’s only a partial amount). This allows us to continue to offer services based on Gospel opportunity and not financial availability. We want everyone to have access to this kind of process. - Kickoff:
The Lab kicks off on Tuesday, May 5 @ 3pm EST. - Registration:
Once you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email with details and next steps. That will include the option to “pay it forward” for a future participant.