Church-planting candidates are few and far between in the Czech Republic among believers who are training for the gospel ministry. Two primary issues causing this shortage are the immense challenge of supporting a family as a church planting trainee and few opportunities exist to shadow an existing church planter. Most theology students decide not to attempt starting new churches because there is no realistic pathway. An IMB team has created a church planting and leadership development practicum to change that reality. Your gifts will provide coaching and housing for church planting interns. 
The program focuses on hands-on coaching of theology students studying to be church leaders. During year one, they will shadow IMB personnel and co-lead with them in evangelism, discipleship, and healthy church formation. The leadership practicum occurs in the context of a new church plant in Prague. At the end of year one, they will become the leaders of this new church, opening up time for IMB missionaries to visit churches and connect with supporters in the States. During the second year, the church planter interns will regularly receive coaching from IMB personnel and the elders of the local mother church. After the two-year program, all parties will evaluate effectiveness, seek God’s will, and plan the next steps. 
Give today to foster a new church planting community in the Czech Republic, training the next generation of church planters who will influence the gospel’s spread country-wide in the next fifty years.