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Developing a Greenhouse Atmosphere for a Church Planting Movement in Texas

Developing a Greenhouse Atmosphere for a Church Planting Movement in Texas. A Missional Greenhouse?. Mark 4:26-29. A man scatters seed… the seed sprouts and grows… All by itself the soil produces grain… all by itself?

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Developing a Greenhouse Atmosphere for a Church Planting Movement in Texas

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  1. Developing a Greenhouse Atmosphere for a Church Planting Movement in Texas

  2. A Missional Greenhouse?

  3. Mark 4:26-29 A man scatters seed… the seed sprouts and grows… All by itself the soil produces grain… all by itself? …in Greek…automate - literally - automatically - performed by God Himself!

  4. A Missional Greenhouse? 1 Corinthians 3:5-6 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task. {6} I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

  5. A Missional Greenhouse? 1 Corinthians 3:7-8 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. {8} The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

  6. A Missional Greenhouse? • Acts 4:4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grewto about five thousand. • Acts 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grewin numbers, living in the fear of the Lord.

  7. A Missional Greenhouse? • Acts 16:5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grewdaily in numbers. • 2 Corinthians 10:15-16 …Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, {16} so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you.

  8. A Missional Greenhouse? • God is growing His Kingdom of Grace • God's plan is for reproduction of believers, groups, churches, networks and movements • We can plant, water, remove obstacles and fertilize, but God brings about the growth by the power of the Holy Spirit

  9. Greenhouse

  10. A Missional Greenhouse atmosphere can be an environment where a movement of growth and reproduction are anticipated and nurtured

  11. A Missional Greenhouse? The 2 - 2 - 2 Principle of Mission Reproduction 2 Timothy 2:2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. Paul Timothy Reliable Men Others

  12. Church Planting Movement Movements are not: • safe (the Gospel is dangerous!) • predictable • neat • about your needs, wants or even ministry but about Christ's Kingdom • top down management decisions

  13. Church Planting Movement Movements are: • started by some who asks a big "what if?" question (Martin Luther: What if we could get the Bible into language and hands of every person?) • Organic - growing from 2-2-2 discipling and church planting

  14. Church Planting Movement Movements start when the Holy Spirit leads people to mature discipleship • Believing the Gospel enough to benefit from it • Believing the Gospel enough to contribute comfortably • Believing the Gospel enough to give our lives to it.

  15. Church Planting Movement A Church Planting Movement creates lift for all churches

  16. Church Planting Movement A Church Planting Movement creates lift for all churches

  17. Church Planting Movement A Church Planting Movement creates draft for all churches

  18. Drafting, occurs when a second car tucks closely behind the first, filling part of the vacuum. The car in front loses some of the drag at its rear. The second car still has a vacuum at its rear, but now has less air resistance in front. As a result, both cars quicken a bit — the two combined speed a few miles per hour faster than either can alone. That can happen in a Church Planting Movement!

  19. A Bonus for a Church Planting Movement The church planter who meets with a group of church planting peers at least monthly increases the odds of survivability by 135 percent. Source: “Church Planting and Survivability”, Ed Stetzer, Center for Missional Research.

  20. In 1990, 52 million people attended a Christian church each weekend.

  21. By 2006, however, 52 million people still attended a Christian church each weekend.

  22. Meanwhile, by 2006 52 million more people were living in the United States.

  23. Slightly more Churches Start each Year than Close, but not Enough to Keep up with Population Growth.

  24. Percentage of Population Attending a Christian Church each Weekend 25.0% 20.4% 19.5% 18.7% 20.0% 17.5% 16.5% 15.5% 14.7% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 This is the Future Trajectory of the American Church if nothing changes.

  25. Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro Area 2000 Percentage of the Population Attending a Christian Church on Any Given Weekend

  26. The Mission of God • Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. • John 10:10 I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. • 1 Timothy 2:3-4 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, {4} who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

  27. The Mission of God Romans 10:12-14 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, {13} for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." {14} How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

  28. The Movement ofGod's Mission of God lived out in Acts • Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

  29. Can we Be Intentional about Creating a MissionalGreenhouse Atmospherefor a Church Planting Movement? • 2 Corinthians 10:15-16 …Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, {16} so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you…

  30. Why Church Planting? • Churches over 15 years old – it takes 67 Christians to bring in a new Christian • Churches 3-15 years old – Ratio is 20:1 • Churches 0-3 years old – Ratio is 10:1 • New churches have 3-4 times the number of conversion as do established churches Leadership Network 2009

  31. A North Texas Missional Greenhouse

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