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I’m Going into Missions

Feb 4th 2008Jeremy MyersChurch Planting & Mission

When I tell people I am going into church planting, the most common reaction I get from people is, “Why? Don’t we already have enough churches? Why can’t you just pastor an established church?”

There are answers to both questions, and the video below shows what they are. When I first watched this video, it literally brought me to tears. Maybe it was just the music (turn your volume up, I love this soundtrack!), but I don’t think so. You see, I have a burning passion, an insatiable hunger, an unquenchable desire to see people come into a deep and vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ.

This video shows that we need more churches because we’re not keeping up with the population growth (in fact, we’re actually declining), and that most established churches are in decline. The longer a church is in existence, the less effective it becomes at reaching people for Jesus.

The bottom line is that we all need to realize that church planting IS missions. So when people ask me why I’m going into church planting, I think I’m going to start saying, “I’m not. I’m going into missions.”

See my updated booklist over on the left sidebar for some good resources to learn more about this.

(Credit goes to Drew Goodmanson for this video. Please check out his website at www.goodmanson.com)

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