In order to bake a cake, you have a recipe. In order to pay your bills you have a plan. First review your outstanding bills, then you may write checks, then you put them in envelopes and finally you mail them. We have plans in most everything we do, whether it is small daily tasks or large projects. So it is with no surprise that we have a plan for planting a church in Verona. Here are the different phases that we plan to go through in order to plant the church and leave a church that glorifies God. We aren't positive how long each phase will last, but they illustrate components that we need to put in place in order to accomplish our task. Let us know if you have any questions, email us at info@goverona.org. Here are the our phases of transition and development.

(Items grayed out will continue on an as needed basis or to a lesser degree of emphasis, added or changed items are in bold)
Phase A

• Team Building
• Team Recruiting
• Team Training of Team Expansion stateside basics
• Field Survey of New Field
• Promotion of New Field

Phase B

• Team Building
• Team Language Learning
• Team Cultural Study
• Team Training of Methodology
• Field Survey of New Field
• Team Growth
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase C

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Relationships, Mentoring & Discipleship
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase D

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Relationships, Mentoring, Discipleship & Leadership Development
• Life Group Begins with Italian leader or co-leader
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase E

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Relationships, Mentoring, Discipleship & Leadership Development
• Life Group Multiplication with Italian leaders or co-leaders
• Early Leadership Team (consisting of Team Expansion missionaries on field)
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase F

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Relationships, Mentoring, Discipleship & Leadership Development (team & Italians)
• Life Group Multiplication with Italian leaders or co-leaders
• Form Short Term Leadership Team (combined team & Italian leaders)
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase G

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Relationships, Mentoring, Discipleship & Leadership Development (team & Italians)
• Life Group Multiplication with Italian leaders or co-leaders
• Form Short Term Eldership & Servant Leaders Teams (combined team & Italian leaders)
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase H

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Form Missionary Advisor Board (team)
• Relationships & Mentoring
• Discipleship of new believers (Italians w/team input)
• Leadership Development of Elders & Servant leaders (team trains them, they train new leaders)
• Life Group Multiplication with Italian leaders or co-leaders
• Form Continual Eldership & Servant Leaders Teams (Italian leaders)
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed
• Team Recruiting, if needed

Phase I

• Team Building
• Team Growth
• Missionary Advisor Board dissolves (team)
• Relationships & Mentoring (Italians)
• Discipleship of new believers (Italians)
• Leadership Development of Elders & Servant leaders (they train new leaders)
• Life Group Multiplication with Italian leaders
• Eldership & Servant Leaders Teams (Italian leaders)
• Team Prepares for Disengagement
• Team Cultural Study, regular goal – lesser focus than previously
• Team Language Learning, as needed
• Team Training of Methodology, as needed