What is Church Planting to You? 1

Is it about. . .

coolness

being hip

small groups

glorifying God

rental property

making disciples

starting a worship gathering

keeping the 4 billion in mind

beginning in the harvest fields

marketing, mailers, and music

reaching the unreached peoples

developing the best web site in town

preview services and grand openings

looking at the field and seeing one church

beginning with long-term Kingdom citizens

acting on those thoughts about the 4 billion

organizing the church before the church exists

raising leaders from the harvest for the harvest

raising enough money to start a small company

being able to say “imitate me as I imitate Christ”

bringing our desired cultural traditions to others

teaching them to obey all that Christ commanded

strategies built with a philosophy of multiplication

designing a killer kids’ ministry for the community

keeping things simple for the health of the new believers

adding another flavor to the Baskin-Robbins of Christianity

being a wise steward with your actions toward the 4 billion

developing that church’s web site long before the church exists

teaching obedience that they may be able to teach obedience to others

seeing multiple disciples, leaders, and churches while looking across the fields

starting one and hoping to do it again within three years–when we can afford it

keeping things so complex and complicated that only the few could ever reproduce our methods

Church planting.  What is it to you?  Make sure you know before you go.