Why plant a new church in Johnson County, Kansas?
Sadly – and somewhat surprisingly – most people who live in Johnson County, Kansas, do not attend church at all. The population of the county is 465,058 with an annual growth rate of 3.1%, meaning nearly 14,000 new people are arriving in Johnson County every year . Currently (9/2005), 229,211 people are members in one of the 237 Christian churches in Johnson County. Therefore, 51% of the county’s population – nearly a quarter of a million people – is unchurched. Nearly all live within a 22-minute drive time of the intersection of 135th and Antioch. The churches that currently exist in Johnson County are unlikely to penetrate the unchurched population because they do not target it. Most of the existing churches specialize in ministry designed to reach married people with kids. Thanks be to God that since 1990, ten mega churches (greater than 2000 in weekly attendance) have been developed in Johnson County, joining the 10 that already existed. These churches invest the lion’s share of th
