“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” -Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:33)
Planting churches is important because it spurs on the expansion of the Kingdom of God. Our goal is the Kingdom. Church planting forms an integral part of the Kingdom’s expansion. God is already involved in this and He invites us to participate! Jesus said, “I will build my church,” but He gave to Peter the “keys to the Kingdom.” The church is his! It is His Church and His Kingdom. But he gives us the keys. The keys are the symbol of management. It is our job to make it happen!
Christ is the Word incarnate, who transforms lives and commissions us to go and make disciples who gather in new faith communities. God’s agenda for the kingdom includes church planting. After all, Jesus Himself is both Seed and Sower.
God’s desire is for thousands of healthy churches to be planted on your continent! Will you participate in some way to make this a reality?
Are you called to plant a church? You might be a church planter if...
1. If you love dreaming about what could be for God, you might be a church planter.
2. If you can’t stand the thought of lost people going to Hell, you might be a church planter.
3. If you like lost people as much as or more than you like found people, you might be a church planter.
4. If you know the exact population of the city you live in, how many of them go to church and how many don’t, you might be a church planter.
5. If you love leading people to Christ, you might be a church planter.
6. If you like taking risks, you might be a church planter.
7. If you’re willing to ask others to pray for you and support your dream, you might be a church planter.
8. If you can persevere when all Hell breaks loose, you might be a church planter.
9. If you realize you started all sorts of new things when you were a kid, you might be a church planter.
10. If your wife or husband is committed to risking and reaching out, you might be a church planter.
11. If you are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
12. If you’re a crowd-gatherer, with the gifts of leadership and evangelism, and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
13. If you’re flexible and adaptable and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
14. If you love learning about how churches grow and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
15. If your friends think you might just have a little too much faith and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
PRACTICAL FOUNDATION
Daniel Sanchez provides several strategic reasons for planting churches, and also addresses some of the most common objections. They are summed up below.
1. The POPULATION is growing rapidly.
2. New churches reach MORE people than established ones.
3. Established churches tend to PLATEAU.
4. New churches help stimulate ESTABLISHED churches.
5. Churches are needed close to where the lost LIVE.
6. New churches are more FLEXIBLE.
7. It is impossible for one church to reach EVERYONE.
8. New churches develop LEADERS quickly.
9. PROXIMITY aids discipleship.
Which of these reasons for church planting are ones you hadn’t thought of?
Which reasons are ones that would motivate the people you’re working with to plant a church?
“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” -Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:33)
Planting churches is important because it spurs on the expansion of the Kingdom of God. Our goal is the Kingdom. Church planting forms an integral part of the Kingdom’s expansion. God is already involved in this and He invites us to participate! Jesus said, “I will build my church,” but He gave to Peter the “keys to the Kingdom.” The church is his! It is His Church and His Kingdom. But he gives us the keys. The keys are the symbol of management. It is our job to make it happen!
Christ is the Word incarnate, who transforms lives and commissions us to go and make disciples who gather in new faith communities. God’s agenda for the kingdom includes church planting. After all, Jesus Himself is both Seed and Sower.
God’s desire is for thousands of healthy churches to be planted on your continent! Will you participate in some way to make this a reality?
Are you called to plant a church? You might be a church planter if...
1. If you love dreaming about what could be for God, you might be a church planter.
2. If you can’t stand the thought of lost people going to Hell, you might be a church planter.
3. If you like lost people as much as or more than you like found people, you might be a church planter.
4. If you know the exact population of the city you live in, how many of them go to church and how many don’t, you might be a church planter.
5. If you love leading people to Christ, you might be a church planter.
6. If you like taking risks, you might be a church planter.
7. If you’re willing to ask others to pray for you and support your dream, you might be a church planter.
8. If you can persevere when all Hell breaks loose, you might be a church planter.
9. If you realize you started all sorts of new things when you were a kid, you might be a church planter.
10. If your wife or husband is committed to risking and reaching out, you might be a church planter.
11. If you are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
12. If you’re a crowd-gatherer, with the gifts of leadership and evangelism, and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
13. If you’re flexible and adaptable and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
14. If you love learning about how churches grow and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
15. If your friends think you might just have a little too much faith and are regularly looking for people to help you fulfill the Great Commission, you might be a church planter.
PRACTICAL FOUNDATION
Daniel Sanchez provides several strategic reasons for planting churches, and also addresses some of the most common objections. They are summed up below.
1. The POPULATION is growing rapidly.
2. New churches reach MORE people than established ones.
3. Established churches tend to PLATEAU.
4. New churches help stimulate ESTABLISHED churches.
5. Churches are needed close to where the lost LIVE.
6. New churches are more FLEXIBLE.
7. It is impossible for one church to reach EVERYONE.
8. New churches develop LEADERS quickly.
9. PROXIMITY aids discipleship.
Which of these reasons for church planting are ones you hadn’t thought of?
Which reasons are ones that would motivate the people you’re working with to plant a church?
“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” -Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:33)