Church Planting is biblical: God is a sending God. He sent Jesus. Jesus sent the church. (John 20:21) To Fulfill the Great Commission we are sent out as missionaries into the cultures God has placed us to express him fully to all nations, languages and tribes.
Church planting is a cultural necessity: New churches are designed to reach specific groups of people. These groups have distinct lives and languages making up their cultures. We must not simply view “missions” as something we support overseas in a forest and forget that our cities and neighborhoods are our first mission fields. New churches can more easily adapt to new cultures and reveal age-old truth in new and relevant ways.
Church Planting is effective: New healthy churches continue to be the no. 1 most effective means of reaching unchurched people in America. Statistically 60-80 % of people in new churches were not previously involved in any local church. People are more willing to step into new places with new people, void of traditions and history. They are welcomed to help create new customs; relationships and cultural expressions, Through lives changed by the gospel new churches become beautiful, God glorifying missions to America.