Comments on: Why Plant New Churches? #1 http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/why-plant-new-churches-1/ moving towards a missional mindset Fri, 18 May 2012 12:15:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob Carder http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/why-plant-new-churches-1/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Bob Carder Tue, 15 May 2007 15:56:35 +0000 http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/why-plant-new-churches-1/#comment-788 Hate to blow your bubble here but I find that find the need to challenge one point here. You said: Reason 1: Church Planting is Biblical Th Planter: While I believe Church Planting is Biblical it needs further defining. Jesus never told us to plant churches. Jesus commanded us to make disciples who make disciples. Our job: Make disciples God's job: Build His Church. I hate the use of Church planting terminology because it focuses on what we can do and not what God calls us to do. The way we do church planting is about engaging to draw a crowd. It rarely begins with a foundational priority of making disciples who make disciples. If every Christ follower would make disciples to the fourth generation we would have a God ordained organic movement that cannot be stopped or controlled. Hate to blow your bubble here but I find that find the need to challenge one point here.

You said: Reason 1: Church Planting is Biblical

Th Planter: While I believe Church Planting is Biblical it needs further defining.

Jesus never told us to plant churches. Jesus commanded us to make disciples who make disciples. Our job: Make disciples
God’s job: Build His Church.

I hate the use of Church planting terminology because it focuses on what we can do and not what God calls us to do.

The way we do church planting is about engaging to draw a crowd. It rarely begins with a foundational priority of making disciples who make disciples.

If every Christ follower would make disciples to the fourth generation we would have a God ordained organic movement that cannot be stopped or controlled.

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