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CHURCH PLANTING. Planting a church is a series of interrelated steps that requires more than just human expertise if a new church is to be birthed. Planting a church is a spiritual journey requiring long hours of physical work and intercessory prayer. .
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CHURCH PLANTING Planting a church is a series of interrelated steps that requires more than just human expertise if a new church is to be birthed. Planting a church is a spiritual journey requiring long hours of physical work and intercessory prayer.
Step 1 begins with either the discovery of a need, a person called, or a willing sponsor church.
Step 2 brings the planter, the sponsor, the association, and a state convention together to plan and pray together.
Step 3 brings the representatives from step two back together to consider all available resources.
Step 4 is the public launch of services. These may follow several weeks or months of preparation, core development, and private services.
Step 5 is the development of the new congregation through groups and worship. The groups include discipleship, missions, ministry, and community.
Step 6 is a multiplication process as the new congregation becomes the sponsor or initiator of another new church plant.
CHURCH PLANTING Church planting, like marriage, is not to be entered into lightly. If you, or your church, has a sense that God is leading you to be involved in planting a church in Denton Baptist Association, contact us at either 940.498.5200 or gary@dentonbaptist.org