Church in the Making-Ben Arment

tells a story of hungarian mission trip-no one was interested in the story or the metaphor they were portraying.  People were more interested in the breakdancing going on near by.

 

Was a spiritual let down or a sociological one?

 

Sociological factors in the failure.

 

John 16:21-God gives church planters this same since of naivity.

 

We don’t all have a promised land experience.

 

God builds his own church.

 

What are the relationships that led to this congregation starting?

 

Successful church plants-

led by a guy on a local staff previously

the core invited someone to come lead them

done with a community of people

 

a church that is getting off the ground with no social momentum behind them the idea of gaining it is very, very difficult.

 

we are putting a ourselves in a crippling position.

 

there is more to the success of the church plant than the spiritual factors.

 

social momentum is vital in the success of a church.

 

talking about the parable of the sower….good parallel with social momentum with church planting.

 

solutions:

 

Build relationships before you build churches.

-until critical mass people will only come to your church because they care about  you.

-the apostle Paul built relationships before he started churches.

 

Identify the God-given people group we are uniquely wired to reach.

 

If you dont have a following around you, nothing magical is going to take place when you start the church.

We need to plant the church the community needs, not the church that is in our head.

 

The more people that are part of the committed core, the more successful.

 

You’re not a church planter, but a missionary.

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