In Praise of Gloriously Basic Churches
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“In a modern church-planting culture that invites creativity and welcomes pastors that are younger, hipper, and more entertaining, we must remember the basics.” - TGC
Enagage Network Establishes Fifth Church
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“Desiring to be a church-planting church, Saylorville began the Engage Network in 2005 to identify and equip people for ministry and send them out to serve, especially to plant churches.” - GARBC
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What Biblical Book Should I Begin Preaching in a Church Plant?
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“We launched the church with 1 Timothy. And I would encourage any pastor, whether planting or replanting, to start by preaching through the Pastoral Epistles” - TGC
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How Evangelistically Effective is Church Planting?
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“Church planting is evangelistically effective only to the degree that it is evangelistically focused from the beginning.” - CToday
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A Church Is Born
On a Sunday afternoon in January, 2009, about 80 people gathered in Asheboro, NC, to officially constitute Providence Baptist Church. The culmination of more than four years of labor and prayer, the time had come, and a host of attenders and friends joined to celebrate the joyous occasion.
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Hundreds of New Churches Not Enough to Satisfy Southern Baptists
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“Baptisms are at a 70-year low, while Sunday worshipers are at a 20-year low.” CT
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Why Church Planting Should Not Be Funded
In a rather “accidental series,” I’ve written an evaluation of the church planting movement, followed by my thoughts on why your church won’t be able to find a pastor, and then gave some instructions on how to start a home church. Each of these articles had the common thread of the dismay over the condition of the church in our day. Now I’d like to complete these thoughts with a further word about church planting. I am convinced that the church planting movement, with all its failures, has been responsible for much of the sickness of the church today, and those who care about the health of the church should avoid the funding of church planting efforts, especially through networks and denominational agencies.
How Did We Get Here?
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