I’m exploring the meaning hidden in the story of Elijah, and his courageous stand against evil. Join me 10/4-11/15, Bryn Athyn Contemporary!
Archive for October, 2009
I am feeling hopeful about currently changing trends in how people talk and think about the church.
Church Planting Reasons
Oct 2
Church planting reaches more people, increases our diversity, teaches us new methods, addresses our financial problems, & changes the world.
I actually have ten reasons the GC should start a systematic church planting strategy right away. The short version, in rough descending order of importance (except number 10 should be higher, I guess): 1) Follow the Lord 2) Transform our culture 3) Evangelize 4) Fill more niches 5) Reduce risk 6) Survive, grow, reproduce 7) Fight death by attrition 8) Stop losing members who move 9) Solve our biggest financial problem 10) Develop new best practices Some of these need some explanation to make real sense. I’m hoping to post a video presentation explaining them all, soon.
Church is a “Long Tail” thing: we help more people more effectively by adding many smaller churches than by building up just a few big ones.