Incubator: 

PLANTING & REVITALISING GOSPEL-CENTRE CHURCHES 

Year 1: Sep 2025 - July 2026

Eight monthly in-person sessions & three fellowship gatherings per year.

Incubator

The Incubator is a two-year multiethnic training, development, and coaching process for those planting or revitalising gospel-centred churches in London. It has been designed from research conducted in 8 different cultures over 12 years. That research elucidated 34 essential core competencies for urban ministry.

Who is it for?

The Incubator program empowers leaders to revitalise or plant churches, fostering a collaborative learning environment with participants, trainers, and coaches from around the globe. They receive practical guidance on crafting their action plans, embracing the philosophy of ministry, essential ministry development, and preaching, among other vital topics. This two-year program is ideal for equipping full-time and bi-vocational leaders to thrive while ministering in unique urban contexts.

We allow leaders from denominations, church planting networks, fellowships and sending churches to join some of the sessions as observers.

The
Ideal
Candidates

  • Native to London or have lived in London for some time

  • A strong sense of calling to church planting in London

  • Proven character and integrity

  • Ministry experience

  • Affiliation with a denomination, church planting network, fellowship or sending church

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spaces

Assessment

Each year, we offer only fourteen spots, ensuring that every cohort is filled with leaders from diverse theological, cultural, and sociological backgrounds. This rich representation is essential for fostering deep learning and collaboration among participants. As such, every applicant will embark on an assessment journey before stepping into the incubator.

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Eight monthly in-person sessions & three optional fellowship gatherings per year.

Third Saturday of the month 9.30am - 5pm

Alex Brito

Alex Brito - Trainer

Alex Brito is a City Catalyst for The London Project and pastor of Mosaic Multicultural Church in Elephant and Castle, London. Before church planting, he had a business background and studied Theology in Brazil. Currently pursuing a Masters in Theology at Union School of Theology, Alex, together with his wife Aluanna, is a proud parent of three daughters. He enjoys meeting people, reading, and barbecuing.

Neil Powell - Trainer

Neil is Director of The London Project and also works for City to City Europe. He came to faith as a student in London and got married to his wife Jane here. He divides his time between London and Birmingham. He has a heart to see churches from different tribes working together to serve the city for the gospel and has written about it in his book ‘Together For The City.’ He is excited by the opportunity to learn from existing churches, serve them, enable them to grow and to plant new churches across London.

Girma Bishaw - Trainer

Rev Dr Girma Bishaw is a City Catalyst for The London Project, with a particular focus on serving diaspora church leaders to be more effective in mission. He also serves as the director of Gratitude Initiative, a charity that exists to promote the sharing of gratitude to change the social imagination that leads to relational transformation, a fulfilled self, a sense of belonging, and a harmonious and just society in Britain. Before founding Gratitude Initiative, Rev Girma served as a pastor of the Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Church, where he played a key role in the planting of diaspora churches in London as well as across the UK. Girma is married to Yodit, and together they have a son and a daughter. Girma enjoys good food, a good book and good company.

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