Why Church Planting?
Obviously, we cannot just begin a church-planting campaign because there are not enough churches. We’re not a food franchise or department store trying to expand its brand of products into a region. We’re the church of the Lord Jesus Christ; we’ve been purchased at the price of Christ’s blood; we’ve been established by the Lord of the church as missionary outposts to proclaim the gospel; we’ve been strategically placed as salt and light in the world; and one day we will gather corporately before the throne of God and the Lamb to eternally exult in His grace. So what we’re doing is dissimilar to the world of marketing. When the church succumbs to marketing philosophy it forfeits its gospel-dependence for man-centered techniques. Instead, we must be convinced that church planting is biblical and therefore necessary and blessed by God. Biblical and Theological Concerns My strong conviction through reading the Scriptures is that you cannot have a proper theology or methodology of evangelis
