The latest issue of the 9Marks Journal, available from here, looks at the topic of ‘Church Planting: One Step at a Time’.
In the Editor’s Note, Jonathan Leeman writes:
‘Several themes emerge throughout this volume. Let me mention two. First, church plants and planters are sometimes treated as something other than churches and pastors. They’re not. Plants are churches, planters are pastors…
‘The reason to emphasize this is, the whole world of church planting literature, programs, assessment tools, and workshops over the last few decades too often takes its cues from the business world rather than the Bible. Yet we want your church to think about those would-be planters like you would a would-be pastor – according to the qualifications and competencies highlighted by the apostles.
‘We also want you to think about those plants as churches… It’s a church now, with all the rights, duties, and privileges thereof..
‘A second theme that emerges throughout this volume is the connection between churches and their plants. Biblically ordered and healthy churches tend to plant biblically ordered and healthy churches. Biblically disordered and unhealthy churches tend to plant the same.’
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