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Why
Start New Churches?
“The local church is the hope of the
world.” – Bill Hybels
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1) It’s what
Jesus came to do.
Jesus said, “I will build my church and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18
2) The local church is God’s
best plan for reaching our world.
“His intent was that now, through the church, the
manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers
and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to His
eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our
Lord.” Ephesians 3:10
3) Jesus’ final command to
His followers was to reach the whole world.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem (local
church planting), and in all Judea (regional church planting)
and Samaria (cross-cultural church planting), and to the
ends of the earth (global church planting).
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FACTS:
• A church older than 10 years takes 89 attendees to reach
one person for Christ.
• A church 3 to 10 years old takes 7 attendees to reach
one person for Christ.
• A church 0 to 3 years old takes 3 attendees to reach one
person for Christ.
• Across most of America, 75-80% of the population does
not attend church. (The harvest is plentiful – John 4:35)
“The single most effective evangelistic
methodology under heaven is planting new churches.” –
C. Peter Wagner
“The purpose of the church is to proclaim
the Gospel of Christ and gather believers into local churches
where they can be built up in the faith and made effective in
service, thereby planting new congregations throughout the world.”
– David Hesselgrave
Why Plant?
The simplest answer is … because most Americans do not know
Jesus.
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