Church planting from the Book of Acts
The first-century church was wired to expand outward.
Peyton Jones trains planters and their teams in the apostolic patterns of Acts, learned the hard way in South Wales and urban Long Beach.
Paul went where people already gathered. In 2005 that was a Starbucks in South Wales.
I was working there as a barista when we started a church in it. Later, in Long Beach, Refuge met in the open air in Bixby Park.
Different streets, same patterns: they’re all in Acts, and they still work.
Peyton JonesThree patterns from Acts
And never alone: Paul planted with a team.
Church Plantology
The Art and Science of Planting Churches.
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Apostolic Church Plantology
Church planting is an apostolic science modeled by Jesus and demonstrated in the book of Acts, not a franchise business strategy or a weekend entertainment launch. Jones defines "plantology" as the strategic overlap of three disciplines: New Testament biblical principles, missionary field experience, and church history. A reader learns to abandon the conventional solo-planter corporate model, align with the apostolic pattern of Paul, and establish durable churches capable of penetrating hostile, post-Christian culture.
Explore theme →02Level 5 Multi-Generational Multiplication
Starting a single church is addition; planting a movement requires designing for reproduction out to the fourth generation from day one. Grounded in 2 Timothy 2:2, Jones demands that planters measure success not by Sunday attendance, but by whether daughter churches are actively planting granddaughter and great-granddaughter churches. A reader learns the mathematical, structural, and cultural shifts required to build a Level 5 multiplying movement rather than an empire-building mega-church.
Explore theme →03Plural Missionary Teams: Strike Teams and Fist Teams
The New Testament knows nothing of the isolated, heroic solo church planter; planting was always executed by plural, polycentric apostolic teams. Jones differentiates between Strike Teams (mobile pioneers who break hard ground and plant) and Fist Teams (entrenched local teams combining all five APEST callings). A reader learns how to recruit, align, and deploy balanced teams where apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teachers operate as a unified fist.
Explore theme →04The Lost-to-Leader Harvest Pipeline
Churches that transform communities do not poach mature believers from other congregations; they forge frontline leaders directly out of the harvest. Jones challenges leaders to engage secular outsiders, lead them to Christ, and immediately place them into a discipleship pipeline that develops them into church planters. A reader learns to spot apostolic hunger in raw converts, bypass institutional credentialing bottlenecks, and build an on-the-job apprenticeship culture.
Explore theme →05Bi-Vocational and Co-Vocational Grit
Relying entirely on full-time professional denominational salaries limits church planting to wealthy suburbs and leaves planters financially fragile. Drawing from his own years as a firefighter and emergency nurse, Jones champions bi-vocational and co-vocational ministry as the apostolic gold standard for cultural immersion and long-term sustainability. A reader learns how to master a marketplace trade, balance demanding family and work responsibilities, and plant with financial freedom in the hardest post-Christian places.
Explore theme →Training for planting teams
Sessions from the New Breed Network, ready for your core team to watch together.
A planter who trains planters.
Peyton Jones leads the New Breed Network, an apostolic training network, and runs Jump School, a six-month core-team training before a church launches. He planted Refuge Long Beach and wrote Church Zero (David C Cook, 2013), Reaching the Unreached (Zondervan, 2017) and Church Plantology (Zondervan Reflective, 2021).