The Christian journey is one of continual progression. God’s plan for our lives is to see us move forward. As a church, we must be consistently moving people forward on a systematic journey of discipleship and church participation.

That’s what our Lifeplace pipelines are all about. They are about moving you forward, starting right at the point of visitor, the whole way through to being a healthy, reproducing member, and then potentially even a leader.

Our Lifeplace Pipelines are designed to help navigate the congregation in and through the core courses every person should accomplish. These courses will equip the Lifeplace member to grow in Christ and in serving the church.

1 Peter 1:17-18
“Your life is a journey you must travel with deep consciousnes of God”

The purpose of the congregational pipeline is to help people progress from being a first time visitor to a healthy member of Lifeplace. The leadership pipeline is for those who wish to develop their leadership capacity to serve the local church.

These courses are available during various times of the year for you to participate in.

Congregational Pipeline

01 Connect

• This is a welcome meeting where people get to meet the Pastors
• The purpose of this meeting is for visitors to connect with people from Lifeplace
• It is the first step for people being able to call Lifeplace their home church

02 Belong

• This is our membership course
• The purpose of membership is to enable people to become part of our church family
• It teaches our vision, values, culture, theology and concludes with a commitment from people to live to the standards and practices of a biblical chruch member

03 Grow

• This is a discipleship course
• The purpose of this is to help people be healthy members
• it covers a range of fundamentally important aspects of the Christian life.

Leadership Pipeline

04 Serve

• This is level 1 in leadership development
• The purpose of this class is to be a gateway into any serving role in the church
• It covers the theology and philosophy of serving at Lifeplace, and includes specialised ministry training for things such as worship, hosting, small groups, kids etc

05 Lead

• This is level 2 in leadership development
• This is a point person, team leader, or small group leader
• This is not just a course but also involves coaching and apprentice time
• 02 Belong is a pre-requisite to 05 Lead

06 Coach

• This is a level 3 leader
• It is a ministry leader, lay pastor, staff, campus pastor, ministry coach, leader of multiple small groups, or a teacher of pipeline courses
• advancement to this level is determined solely by PERFORMANCE and not by POTENTIAL. In other words, just because someone may have the ability to reach this level, they first have to prove it over an extended time.
• Before being recognised as a leader people have to be functioning in the requirements of leadership already. (1 Timothy 3)