The planting of mission churches in any area is usually influenced by the physical needs of the people in that community even though the spiritual needs are still addressed through regular church meetings. Mission churches usually have a facility that caters for the physical needs of people -- like a hospital, a home for orphans, a school or a drug rehabilitation center. The planting of mission churches by Pentecostal fellowships today is adapted from the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, who fed the hungry and healed the sick.
The title "daughter church" derives from the style used in planting these churches. A well-established church, often called the "mother church," releases some of its members to begin a new church in a new territory. The mother church offers spiritual and material support to the daughter church towards its establishment. The daughter church remains submitted and accountable to the mother church. Daughter churches are sometimes referred to as branch churches.
Some Pentecostal churches get planted through church splits. This happens when a church has two or more dissenting groups unable to solve their differences amicably. The unresolved differences lead to one group pulling out from the existing church and beginning a new, autonomous church. Though church splits are undesirable and should be avoided as much as possible, numerous churches have been planted and become a blessing to many people through this means.
Cell churches are common method of starting new Pentecostal churches. An established church normally begins fellowships or regular meetings in the home of one of its members. These meetings typically convene on a pre-arranged day in addition to the main church service. The growth of a house church normally necessitates planting of a new church. The governing of the new church could be independent as a new entity related to the original church that gave rise to it. The key feature with these churches is that they begin in someone's house.