https://www.upstateplanting.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfd8d3454d131bdbd19bcb/043ea4a4-4c21-4a31-86ca-a10127066bbd/kingdom+builders_website2026.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfd8d3454d131bdbd19bcb/1601235518418-2KS6CHAAX668BIA6COWS/anthony-reungere-s6xt1mwF_iU-unsplash.jpg Home - Changing the world is possible. One person at a time. We are excited about the many opportunities to plant healthy, reproducing churches in upstate New York. The need for more churches abound, with only 2% of the 1.4 million people claiming to be evangelical Christians. There is no better way to engage new people with the gospel than through church planting initiatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfd8d3454d131bdbd19bcb/1590772209279-2B8W3S1BYM7BVGIJC38X/nicholas-green-nPz8akkUmDI-unsplash.jpg Home - Ready to take the next step? You and your church can be involved practically in planting churches in New York by joining a team of partners, planters, Upstate churches, etc. These partnerships work within a covenant framework of support and accountability to help ensure the success of healthy church plants. https://www.upstateplanting.com/starthere daily 0.75 2020-09-28 https://www.upstateplanting.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2020-09-28 https://www.upstateplanting.com/partner daily 0.75 2025-07-18 https://www.upstateplanting.com/hba daily 0.75 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfd8d3454d131bdbd19bcb/1601307394631-K50CE5WOQ0RI0S3OB4JS/hba_mountainlogo_maingray_small.png HUDSON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION https://www.upstateplanting.com/partnerships daily 0.75 2025-07-17 https://www.upstateplanting.com/explore daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://www.upstateplanting.com/future-plants daily 0.75 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847895972-04K0P91LO30PWAYK24X3/image-asset.jpeg FUTURE PLANTS - Be A Part of the Future. God has blessed our Association with church planters, pastors and congregations committed to church planting and church multiplication across our region. As a result, the churches of our Association have caught the vision for church planting as the primary mission strategy for reaching our area. We are so blessed to be a part of this great work, and we encourage you to contact these guys about being a part of future plants. Capital Region – Sean Pierce (518) 355-4964; John Mulligan (518) 356-5434 Mid-Hudson Valley - Pete Shults (845) 332-0240 Western Mass – Jeff Black (413) 281-8938 Saratoga County/Northern NY – Robbie Lankford (518)798.5778 Catskills – Seth Switzer (845) 313-5085 https://www.upstateplanting.com/missiontrips daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://www.upstateplanting.com/nextsteps daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfd8d3454d131bdbd19bcb/1601237635376-37UUPW0VDDXBYHWKFOG6/clem-onojeghuo-XHBzLLlkZRA-unsplash.jpg NEXT STEPS 1. Discover – Early in the process of planting a church, every potential planter and their family explores whether or not planting is for them. Sometimes talking through the opportunities helps bring clarity to God’s direction in one’s life. HBA staff are available to talk to you about planting even if you’re thinking about it in a different part of the world. Feel free to contact us at (518) 355-4964 or office@hbany.net. 2. Assess – Each church planter undergoes an extensive interview to consider objectively their calling, skills, and experiences as they relate to planting a church in the northeast. 3. Prepare – Church planters attend a multiple day “boot camp” with their spouses, planting teams, and mentors where they learn critical skills necessary to develop a healthy, growing, reproducing church. They interview other church planters in order to learn from their success as well as their mistakes. Planters receive coaching in developing a coherent, contextual strategy of planting a church among their target community. 4. Partner – Every church planter has a coach/mentor, an experienced pastor/planter who will provide a system of accountability and support in personal development. Each planter must bring other partners who will pray, support, and participate in the planting of their church. HBA also seeks partnerships with other individuals and organizations to support the activities of the new church. A covenant is formed outlining the parameters of these various partnerships. 5. Deploy – Church planting begins after the first four steps are accomplished. Every church planter goes through regular self-evaluation as well as receiving evaluation by the Church Planter Strategist. This is a vital step in achieving set goals as well as focusing the planter on areas of improvement. 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