We are working with a group of local believers to
plant a church in the city, with a vision for transformation guiding us from the very start.
He didn't raise funds to
help plant his church, in fact, his church doesn't even have a central building.
He tried to
plant a church with some others that would be different from other churches, but soon found himself in a place full of rules and policies just like any other church.
You will not likely see this touted as a way to
plant churches at your next conference.
We believe that it is much more effective to
plant a church in an area and raise up leadership that is already a part of that community.
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.
We thought we would only be here for a year before moving on to
plant a church with some friends, but that wasn't what He had in mind.
The truth is that I don't care as much
about planting churches as I do about helping people come into a deep and vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ.
In Church in Hard Places (Crossway) Mez McConnell, who
plants churches on Scottish council estates via 20schemes, writes: «It is our conviction that the one thing the poor need most is the gospel message.
I have been recruiting pastor friends of all types to come over to Europe and help
plant churches here.
Mbewe edits the Reformation Zambia magazine, chairs boards for schools, manages an orphanage, has a weekly radio slot, trains preachers and
plants churches through indigenous missionaries.
The New Testament church sees
planting churches as normative and natural, while we see it as traumatic or at the very least, unnatural.
In addition to
planting churches among Buddhists and other non-Christian groups, EBC is focused on making its churches self - sustainable through small enterprises.
I sometimes think that if
Jesus planted a church today, nobody would attend, because we would all be too critical of the way He went about it.
I say, if you think having a vision statement is important then
go plant a church upon one if you're offended that David doesn't like personal vision statements for family, then go create one and build your family upon one it really shouldn't be that big of a stresser in my opinion.
«We wanted to
plant a church off the beaten path where there wasn't a million cranking megachurches you can throw a rock and hit,» Lusko says.
This seminar presents the latest research and helps us determine a missional future to
plant churches across North America.»
If you haven't
planted a church yet, let this study soak in; you have much to learn, but don't ever lose the teachable spirit you have right now.
David Murrow suggests a way to
plant churches like Jesus, through building friendships and discipling men.
I am graduating in two weeks and hope to be
planting a church very similar to what you are doing there in Florida.
So I don't know if I will ever be going into formal «church planting» but one thing I do know... this year, I am going to
continue planting a church in my own home.
Yes, well, if I
ever plant a church, it is going to be called «Jeremy Myers Memorial Fellowship and Worldwide Evangelism Center.»
Years ago when I was going to
plant a church someone told me that all I needed to do was collect ten tithers... ten people who would tithe 10 % of their income.
Even if we did
someday plant a church (which we haven't done and still don't feel compelled to do) it would be from a place of relationship and wisdom rather than a sense of «I'll just show up and show»em all how it's done.»
I'm not suicidal anymore for one thing... If you have time and are interested I'll throw out this idea to you — check out Rob Rufus, a preacher who is
currently planting a church in Hong Kong.
Elohim Evangelical Ministries is an independent, interdenominational, evangelical Christian organization with a vision to save souls,
plant churches especially in unreached rural areas.