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?”
The truth is that I don’t care as much about planting churches as I do about helping people come into a deep and vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ. Here is a video that explains more: (Wait for a few seconds after you press play….)
If this sounds more like missions, that’s because church planting IS missions. Church planting is state-side 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.”
