Assessment
We work with districts and churches to provide Church Planter Assessment, a proven evaluation process that assesses character, calling, gifting, and overall readiness for planting a healthy, multiplying church.
For assistance, contact: wcpalliance@gmail.com
Coaching
We provide coaching for church planters.
We provide training to churches and districts to equip coaches who support church planters and pastors.
Training
Greenhouse Training
A greenhouse provides a healthy, protected, nutrient-rich environment for seeds to grow into thriving plants. In the same way, a Greenhouse Church nurtures emerging leaders (“seeds”) into prepared leaders and teams (“starts”) ready for transplanting into a church plant or the mission field.
Greenhouse Training equips churches to cultivate leadership development and maximize ministry impact.
Church Planter TrailGuide
The Church Planter’s TrailGuide is an interactive training that equips planters and their teams to discern God’s vision, values, strategy, structure, and timeline for their unique church plant.
This training emphasizes biblical and practical principles and avoids a one-size-fits-all approach. Participants leave with a clear, actionable plan for the work God has called them to begin.
Next TrailGuide
September 15–17, 2026
Redwoods, California
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Online Planter Connect
We gather church planters monthly online for prayer, encouragement, and connection.
Planter Connect
3rd Thursday of each month
9:00–10:00 a.m.
(Contact us for the meeting link)
Upcoming Trainings & Gatherings
September 15–17: Church Planter TrailGuide – Redwoods, California
October 26–28: Fall Collective of Multiplication Leaders – Columbus, Ohio
Spring 2027 - Greenhouse Training, Southern California
Fall 2027 - Church Planter TrailGuide
Monthly Online Planter Connect – 3nd Thursday of each month, 9:00 a.m.
Ongoing service and coaching for districts, planters, and denominational leaders
Leadership
Dave Reynolds coordinates the Western Church Planting Alliance. He and his wife Elena have been directly involved in church planting for more than 35 years. They met at Long Beach State University, married in 1986, and since 1990 have devoted their ministry to helping people find and follow Jesus Christ through planting churches.
Their journey has included launching ShoreLife Church in Huntington Beach, California, in 1991; founding Northwest Church Planting in Vancouver, Washington, in 1998; and planting Chorus Church (now Awakening Church) in Southern California, where they served from 2003 to 2013. In 2014, Dave was appointed national church-planting director for the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). In that role, he helped develop the Alliance’s national regions, created a strategy to transform churches into multiplying churches, and developed the Greenhouse philosophy and training to equip and empower established churches to multiply. He continues to serve on the Alliance national team, coach leaders, and direct church-planting efforts for the South Pacific District.
Help Support Western Church Planting
Your giving enables us to Discover, Develop, and Deploy leaders to start new churches.
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Let us know how we can serve you, or if you have any questions!