Planting Churches ‘from Evangelism’ Instead of ‘for Evangelism’
An excerpt from the article “The Road Ahead: 10 Characteristics of a Future Church Planter” explains why it is important to start a farm system, as sports teams do, to develop leaders in our churches.
Contagious
Yes, the gospel can be shared from a distance across all kinds of media. But it’s most effective, and spreads at a much more rapid pace, when passed directly from the carrier to the recipient in close personal contact.
Church Planting Highlight at the GARBC Conference
In the United States 3,700 churches close every year, with Millennials leaving in droves. The mission of Regular Baptist church planting, Clare Jewell told a …
Multiplication Ministry Seminar
Dan Nichols, multiplication pastor at Restored Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, joined Clare Jewell, church planting coordinator for the Regular Baptist Churches and the Association of …
Catch and Release
Bam! Swoosh! I never saw it coming. In an instant, a fifty pound salmon grabbed my bait and swam furiously upstream. A moment later he …
Vision
Faith is the ability to see in the dark. It’s the capacity of a leader to look beyond all the reasons a church can’t move forward, and motivate people to advance. We call this vision.
Bobber Watchers
Regular Baptist Church Planting wants to help you cast a new vision that helps you build teams and develop leaders.
Intentional Evangelism
Every mission has a launching point. At some point, we must move beyond our good intent and execute our game plan. If we love the lost, then it’s time to intentionally reach the lost. No more excuses.
Dead Man’s Float
Christians and churches have a tendency to be inward focused. It’s time to bust out of our circle of complacency and engage in a rescue.
Multiplication Mind-set
Church plants don’t happen by accident. They are the result of leaders who determine to take proactive steps to reproduce their ministries. Here are six practices of churches that multiply.