Week 1 Lecture 1,
You might ask the question
why should I plant a church?
The apostle Paul said: "The man
who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and
each will be rewarded accordingly to his own labor
(1Corinthians 3:8). By the grace God has given me, I
laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else
is building on it. But each should be careful how he
builds" (1Corinthians 3:10).
Tom Cheyney from the church
planting group has some great points for reasons to
plant a church.
- 1. Church Planting is the most
effective evangelism tool anywhere (Acts 6:7).
- 2. Many tools exist to assist
you in planting a church with the North American
Mission Board.
- 3.
Church Planting is the Great Commission at its best.
Multiplication is the heart of a church planter.
Replenishment is part of God’s amazing vineyard. That
which is watered ultimately becomes a source for
future planting (Isaiah 55:10).
- 4.
You long to establish new life and to break new
ground. You are a cultivator and gardener of spiritual
life.
- 5.
New Churches tend to grow much faster than older
churches.
- 6.
It is a Holy privilege to exercise your gifts under
God in providing a growing new church fashioned on the
New Testament.
- 7.
New Churches produce more ministry leaders (Acts
16:5).
- 8.
You realize that lost people matter to God.
- 9.
You can give life to the vision God gave you for your
life’s ministry.
- 10.
You long to penetrate a city and found a flagship
church.
- 11.
Your family's faith will grow.
- 12.
Church Planting is relational and enables you to make
many new friends for Christ.
- 13.
You will have more people praying for you.
- 14.
Church Planting is complete evangelism.
- 15.
You have a desire to see future planters and pastors
to be called to ministry from your ministry investment
(Proverbs 11:24).
- 16.
Starting a fresh new work means you are free from past
problems from an already existing church.
- 17.
You are not afraid of hard work (Proverbs 13:11)!
- 18.
You have strong leadership tendencies and/or
organizational skills and are able to easily take
charge of situations.
- 19.
You can’t wait for this to end so that you can be
obedient to the Lord and enlist right now!
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