Introduction
Church Planting:
George Carey
I am convinced that church planting is a must of vigorous and outgoing Christianity, and is a sign of hope for the future.
Sandy Millar
The only effective way to grow churches quickly is to plant churches.
John Wimber
The most effective way of expanding the Kingdom of God was by planting new churches. We still believe that here.
John Hosier
I have often heard it said, and I agree, that the church is God’s A plan to evangelise the world and there is no plan B. If it is true then it is vital that we plant and establish churches according to the biblical pattern.
Tim Keller
A vigorous and continuous approach to church planting is the only way to guarantee an increase in the number of believers, and is one of the best ways to renew the whole body of Christ.
Newfrontiers is a worldwide family of churches together on a mission to establish the kingdom of God by restoring the church, making disciples, training leaders and planting churches.
WHY CHURCH PLANT?
- Why Plant Churches?
“You who call on the Lord, give yourself no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the whole earth.”
God’s purpose for his church
- The light of the world. (Isaiah 60: 1 – 3, Is 62: 1 - 2)
- The praise of the earth. (Isaiah 62: 7)
- The wisdom of God. (Ephesians 3: 10)
- The dwelling place of God (Revelation 21: 3).
Terry Virgo
The church is a prophetic community - God's vehicle for the blessing of the nations. We have the promises of heaven behind us and Christ with us wherever we go. Let's give ourselves to this high calling.
Richard Bauckham
Jesus in his ministry proclaimed the coming Kingdom of God and practiced its presence. That is, he anticipated the future hope of the unrestricted, uncontested sovereignty of God, by extending God's rule in the present and inviting people to live within it.
Church Planting for a Greater Harvest (Peter Wagner)
“Collectively... we can scarcely feel we are obeying God if we fail to plant churches and plant them intentionally and progressively.”
ANNEX: THE RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH
1. The Dark Ages Why? "I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel." (Gal 1: 6)
2. Wycliffe a. Rediscovery of the Bible.
(14th Century) b. Need for evangelistic preachers
3. Luther a. Justification by faith.
(16th Century) b. Priesthood of all believers.
c. Congregational worship.
4. Calvin a. Doctrine of grace.
(16th Century) b. Primacy of preaching.
5. Anabaptists a. Water baptism.
(16th Century) b. Separation of church and state.
c. Withdrawal from worldliness, especially violence.
6. Puritans a. Simplicity of worship.
(17th Century) b. Primacy of preaching.
c. Power of publication.
7. Non Conformists a. More biblical modes of church gov
(17th Century) b. Pietists, personal devotions.
8. Moravians a. Koinonia.
(18th Century) b. Prevailing prayer.
c. Missionary zeal.
9. Wesley a. Field preaching.
(18th Century) b. Lay preaching.
c. Signs and wonders.
d. Social reform.
e. Christian education.
f. Small Groups.
g. Discipleship and accountability.
10. Carey, Livingstone a. Foreign missions.
and Taylor (19th Century)
11. Booth, Muller, Barnardo a. Home missions.
and Moody (19th Century)
12. Pentecostal Movement a. Evangelistic zeal.
(20th Century) b. Gifts of the Spirit.
c. Healings.
13. Restoration Movement a. Body ministry.
(20th Century) b. Worship.
c. Discipleship.
d. Kingdom of God.
e. Victorious eschatology.
Failure & Disappointment
USA
92% exist after 2 years
81% exist after 3 years
68% exist after 4 years
20%…. is that a myth?
John Ortberg
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgement of the event.
Theodore Roosevelt
Its not the critic who counts; its not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena… who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement, and who,at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. So that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
The Multiplying Church
Bob Roberts
The real key to a church planting movement doesn’t lie in the individual church that is planted, but in the incubators that produce churches.
Church planting is what I do. Church multiplication is what we do
Its not enough to start churches for the sake of evangelism that will end when conversion takes place.
Gospel planting - the focus is not on the act of church planting itself.
Churches have to own church planting.
I believe every Christian should be part of at least one new church plant.
The biggest obstacle to planting other churches is other pastors
Most planters need encouragement more than new ideas.
Churches that plant churches must be able to do it at a size of 75 or it will never happen.
There is not one particular profile that a church planter must fit... However they’re all daredevils at heart.
No vocational ministry requires more self-initiating skills than that of church planting.
Addition - simply adding one more here and there - requires money and mimicking. Multiplication requires passion and creativity.
A new church plant will grow only to the level and the quality of leaders who are raised up and engaged.
There is no greater stress point in a new church than that of finances.
There are 2 key reasons why new churches fail. First, the leadership of the planter is not sufficient. Second, the marriage of the planter is not secure.
What we need more of are not church starters but church finishers.
Any vision that doesn’t require your entire life isn’t a vision; its just a thought.
Conclusion
Roger Forster
“Where a denomination has stopped planting churches, it will decline… where churches are structured to reproduce themselves, then that particular movement of churches will continue to grow.”
John Piper
Why is church planting so important?
- There are about 200 million non-churched people in America, making America one of the four largest “unchurched” nations in the world.
- Each year about 3,500 churches close their doors permanently.
- Today, of the approximately 350,000 churches in America, four out of five are either plateaued or declining.
- One American denomination recently found that 80% of its converts came to Christ in churches less than two years old.
Tim Keller
Jesus & Paul were committed to making disciples and planting churches.
New churches best reach new generations, new residents and new people groups
New churches best reach the unchurched - 60-80%new members come from ranks of people not attending any worshipping body, whiles churches 10-15 years gain 80-90% members transfers from other congregations.
Church Plants help renew the whole body -
- new ideas,
- develop creative strong leaders,
- challenge establish church to self evaluate
- may be evangelistic feeder for who church community
Tim Keller
“Our attitude to new church development is a test of whether our mindset is geared to our own institutional turf or to the overall health and prosperity of the kingdom of God in a city.’
The vast majority of U.S congregations peak in size during the first two or three decades of their existence and then remain on a plateau or slowly shrink.
Tim Keller
New Church planting is the only way that we can be sure we are going to increase the number of believers in a city, and it is one of the best ways to renew the whole body of Christ.”
Sandy Millar HTB
No ministry at Holy Trinity has been more determinedly pushed by Sandy Millar than that of church planting…Nothing has given him greater pleasure than when the plants themselves have planted churches.
Robinson & Smith
“The world is constantly changed by committed minorities and not by apathetic majorities...”
They argue to be true church planting churches that we should send 3% of our church congregation every year for 10 years!
Peter Wagner
“The most effective means of growing churches today is planting churches.”
Colin Baron
“God has called us as a movement to this great task of planting churches. As God builds our family of churches into an army on the move I believe we will be amazed at the increasing rate churches will be planted.”
Terry Virgo
“Planting a new church is not easy, but if we handle it well, is the most effective way of evangelising a new area.”
Really looking to be a Church Planting Movement….
… is a rapid and multiplicative increase if indigenous churches planting churches within a given people group or population segment.
Books Used
Coaching Church Planters Steve Nicholson
What on earth is the church for? Dave Devenish
Christ radiant Church John Hosier
Church Planting our Future Hope Charlie Cleverly
Radical Church Planting Roger Ellis & Roger Mitchell
A People Prepared Terry Virgo
Invading Secular Space Martin Robinson & Dwight Smith
Churchquake Peter Wagner
Church Planting Course David Stroud
Church Planting Manual Stuart Murray
Cutting Edge Magazine Vineyard
Planting Churches Changing Communities David Stroud
Church Planter Darren Patrick
Church in the making Ben Arment
The Multiplying Church Bob Roberts
Exponential Dave & Jon Ferguson
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