"Church planting" refers to the process of starting a new Christian church or congregation in a particular area or community. It involves establishing a group of people who gather to worship and follow the teachings of Jesus, often with the goal of spreading the message of Christianity to new people and areas.
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The previous post talked about how there are lots
of church planting networks, but many of them are opposed to Free Grace Theology.
We've also been ridiculously busy
with church planting and concert house starting and all that related effort ever since we moved here.
I was trying to
do church planting there and came across a lot of injustice, so I found myself having to do advocacy on an individual basis.
There's no way to deal with all the questions related to dwindling denominations and their need for renewal
through church planting in one short article.
So it is with
successful church plants; a healthy birth requires the right amount of time for preparation and development.
Sometimes, I think the «big name»
church planting gurus have forgotten (or never experienced in the first place) some of the sweat and blood struggles of planting a church.
There are people all across the country who are crying out for a free
grace church plant in their area.
This new
church plant lived to be «a church for the city» — that was actually their motto.
I pray we would rest in this security, and unleash the power of the Gospel through
inviting church plants and by planting new churches.
The neat thing for me about this dating tips message is that it comes from a church that is a two year
old church plant made up largely of Christian singles and young families.
I am going to have a post in a few days with a video in it that might help you show them the vital importance
for church planting, so check back then.
One reason we need
new church plants is because church growth is not keeping up with population growth.
I have talked several times with some of the «powers that be» about this, but they have no desire whatsoever to get
into church planting.
Since the 1990s, evangelicals have increasingly focused on «strategic»
church planting in elite centers of cultural impact.
Our leaders tend to focus
on church planting that is viable: churches get started in wealthy subdivisions full of professionals who can give out of their abundance and pray eloquently.
What surprised me on this trip was that at every single event, one or two people would pull me aside and ask how I kept from getting discouraged by those big numbers that Mark Driscoll, and pastors like him, are always bragging about — the 10 million downloads, the enormous
church planting network, the packed - out services, the hundreds of thousands of blog visitors.
Belong Before Believe At a recent Glocalnet
church planting conference, Bob Roberts talked about how churches are generally made up of three things: Believing, Belonging, and Blessing.
Gray's report is a significant addition to the conversation about
church planting strategies and, if the planter is prepared to accept it, a new tool to help church planters plant more and better churches.
Kurt Willems is an Anabaptist writer and pastor who is preparing for
church planting by finishing work towards a Master of Divinity degree at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary.
Hey Melissa... this is your we - really - should - be-friends fellow
church planting wife over in West Seattle and I, too, have been counting down to the openings!
This has happened frequently to my wife and I the last few years, with my new job, our adoption process, our attempts
at church planting, and a host of other areas.
All of them hoping for a stamp at the end of the four days from this assessment that would allow them to continue the process with the different
church planting agencies that they were working with.
However it is true, the location of
many church plants are in wealthy areas and therefore Christians for a large part coming form polite middle class families.
I always learn a lot from these two, and enjoyed picking their brains about everything
from church planting to politics to eschatology.
Also, mainline denominations needs to become aware of the phenomenon of
church planting among Protestants.
I had a heart for Christian singles, and I wanted to come up with a way where I could not only create a worldwide outreach for this target, but also create funds at the same time for our NJ
church plant called Oasis Church.
Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), a network of
Reformed church plants in 21 countries still dealing with the aftermath of an internal investigation of founder and president C. J. Mahaney's leadership, now faces allegations that its president and board chairman, among other leaders, covered up child sex abuse by church members.