Sharing Life and Christ

In the first post, I tried to answer the question, “why plant a church?” by speaking of the necessity of the Church as the possessor and proclaimer of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.   It’s worth reading my initial thoughts on that question before diving into what follows.   My aim in this writing is to answer the title question: Why plant a multiethnic church? Church planting itself seems daunting to begin with.   Strategically, launching a new church with as few obstacles for growth as possible seems wise.   We want to fast track to self-sustainability after all, don’t we?   We want the new church to succeed for the sake of the gospel.   Besides that, a multiethnic church requires a very narrow range of potential locations.   Typically, the place where multiple ethnicities reside in close proximity is the city, and more specifically, in economically diverse (and challenged) areas of the city.   This creates an even greater burden and po...

This is the first of (Lord willing) many writings that have a two-fold aim.   First, I hope in chronicling the journey to sharpen my ability to articulate the vision and burden for church planting that God has put on my heart.   Along these lines, I welcome any push back, questions, or clarification you have.   My thinking isn’t a finished product!   Second, I hope to inform and encourage you who would read.   Whatever God is up to is worth celebrating and leveraging to stir us up to love and good deeds. It makes sense to try and answer the obvious question first:   Why plant a church?   As the title suggests, there is both a biblical conviction and a sense of God’s call, a “ must ness ,” about it.   One is objective and unchanging.   The other is subjective and open to alteration, correction, or surrender depending on what the current assessment process concludes.   But combined, the two realities answer the question:...