Church Planting

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[edit] Church Planting

  • Church planting is a process by which new church congregations are founded and established, particularly in areas where no church is presently active. This is usually accomplished with help from a denomination, a church planting center, a local church or churches, a network, a mission organisation, and/or other church planting resources. The term can be applied to the establishing of churches as a legal entity and organization, as well as establishing an organic simple church or house church, which may or may not be formally organized. Related to church planting is the idea of church planting movements.

[edit] Man of Peace

  • In starting work in new areas, it is important to try and establish where God is working so that we might join Him. Often one of the signs that indicate God's hand at work in a particular area is the presence of a man of peace. Jesus says in Luke 10:6.7, "If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him... Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer... Don't be moving from house to house." Church planters have to pray together with tjheir prayer partners, that these men of peace will be found to provide ease of access and acceptance in the community, for the salvation of these men of peace, and for the establishment of churches in the homes of these men of peace.

[edit] Who Needs to Hear?

[edit] Church Planting among blind people

[edit] Church Planting among Buddhist

  • A church planters' vision is to see churches multiplying throughout a large unreached people in South-east Asia. They seek God for a team of 12 units (couples or singles) by the end of 2008. They need two more units from abroad plus six more local co-workers. They hold a monthly prayer meeting to help Buddhist background believers (BBBs) pray faithfully for non-believing relatives and friends. During 2008 they hope to see participants starting their own prayer meetings. Most BBBs have become Christians as individuals rather than in families. There is a nedd for a new passion for BBBs to reach their families and for a mighty display of God’s favour and grace!
  • Pray for people to teach English, music, or art and craft to help with outreach. The people could come from as little as four weeks to as long as two years. The team of church planters would also have opportunities to go into the local schools.

[edit] Church Planting in Thailand

  • Praise the Lord with us, too. Jesus is becoming increasingly known in Thailand, and lives are being miraculously transformed! What a joy to speak of new Thai and Karen believers! But in our joy, we remember that each has an incredible journey ahead. Social conformity can be so strongly valued here. It can be a struggle for new followers of Jesus to break free from certain social trappings. Much wisdom and protection is needed.

[edit] Church Planting in Mongolia

  • A church planting team is planning to relocate to the western provinces to reach a minority nomadic group. Traditionally these nomads venerate the spirits of nature and worship at local owoos (stone pyramids). Please pray for these people's hearts to be softened and for the team to be well-prepared. There is also another plan to seek to start a work among the minority Buriat Mongolians who have moved from their native land in Russia into Mongolia. Their language is different from Mongolian that it is like learning a new language. Please, pray for the initial contacts.

[edit] Church Planting in South Asia

[edit] Church Planting in Southern Russia - Caucasus

[edit] Church Planting among a tribal group living in a city

  • A team is working towards seeing house churches established among one of the tribal groups living in a large city. The team is involved: teaching English and Bible stories to local women school teachers; a media recording ministry; discipling a key national believer. They are looking for further opportunities to serve the community.

[edit] An example from West Africa

  • A church planter who first came to West Africa in January 2007 as a short-term teacher at a computer school. He was fruitful in personal evangelism. Several of the young men he met are praying daily that the True God will reveal whether they should follow Jesus or Islam. A couple of men have already given their lives to Christ. Another secretly reads the Bible at night. The church planter is in contact by phone.
  • “Many people are sitting listening to the tapes in the weekly market, which is encouraging and even more important than the fact that there are many books being sold.

[edit] Church Planting in Ethiopia

  • Rift Valley Vision has been in operation now (July 2008) for seven years. They have now 230 missionary couples scatterd all over Ethiopia. These missionaries have planted 599 churches in the past seven years. They have shared the gospel with over thee quarter million people and have seen almost 40,000 come to Christ. They are not working in easy places either. About 40 couples are located in tough Islamic areas like among the Silti, and Arsi people. Rift Valley Vision reports spectacular miracles occurring through their evangelists. They have made a video of a woman who claims that God raised her from the dead when she was prayed for by one of the evangelists. They have also seen unusual results among Muslims. Over a year ago a group of 70 Muslim Sheiks came to to know the Lord. Of these 40 were enrolled in a mission training school and have complete 8 months of training.

[edit] External Links

  • Church Planting Resources, Directory of church planting resources, including demographics, denominational organizations, articles, and consultants Church Planting Resources.
  • Church planting Wikipedia
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