What is Church Planting to You?

Is it about. . .coolnessbeing hipsmall groupsglorifying Godrental propertymaking disciplesstarting a worship gatheringkeeping the 4 billion in mindbeginning in the harvest fieldsmarketing, mailers, and musicreaching the unreached peoplesdeveloping the best web site in townpreview services and grand openingslooking at the field and seeing one churchbeginning with long-term Kingdom citizensacting on those thoughts about the 4 billionorganizing the church before the church existsraising leaders from the harvest for the harvestraising enough money to start a small companybeing able to say “imitate me as I imitate Christ”bringing our desired cultural traditions to othersteaching them to obey all that Christ commandedstrategies built with a philosophy of multiplicationdesigning a killer kids' ministry for the communitykeeping things simple for the health of the new believersadding another flavor to the Baskin-Robbins of Christianitybeing a wise steward with your actions toward the 4 billiondeveloping that church’s web site long before the church existsteaching obedience that they may be able to teach obedience to othersseeing multiple disciples, leaders, and churches while looking across the fieldsstarting one and hoping to do it again within three years–when we can afford itkeeping 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.