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Wednesday August 26, 2009 ~ 12 Comments
Yesterday, we finished up a meeting in Nashville with denominational leaders from over 20 denominations. More than half of the churches planted in the U.S. each year were affiliated with the denominations represented in the room. You might find my opening words of some interest. In some ways, they relate to comments I made at the Advance09 panel. It is a bad idea theologically, with bad results historically, for us to partner and jointly plant churches. But, it is a bad stewardship and irresponsible missiology for us not to find ways to learn from each other. We had a great meeting with much helpful interaction. Here are the presentations that each of the speakers shared: Ed Stetzer (LifeWay Research), The State of Church Multiplication and the Causes that Hinder It (no PowerPoint) We are also undertaking two research projects with different denominations participating in each. One will focus on urban church planting and the other is on church planting assessment. Drop a comment below if you are interested in being a part of either one. This meeting is the beginning of our leaders fellowship that will meet three times a year: November 18-19 is the next meeting. This is not an open meeting, but if you are the denominational head of church planting, you can leave a comment here and we will send you a network application. (Feel free to email this page to others who you think might be interested.) Here is a pic from our first meeting (courtesy of Ron Sylvia).
We look forward to more to come. Posted on August 26, 2009 at 8:46 AM ~ 12 Comments Tagged with: church planting, denominations, ministry Subscribe via RSS or Follow us on Twitter
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Ed, both studies would fit us, priority on assessment. Stan
Ed,
Was the PCA represented among the 20?
Ed,
I just finished creating a page on my site with the state church planting contact for all 50 states for 5 different denominations. As I've been working towards planting a church it's been a blessing to talk to many of the Michigan reps and I pray that this could be of use to others
http://intersected.org/denom-contacts-church-planting/
chris
Ed,
Urban Atlanta Church Planting would be interested in participating.
Ed, when I first saw the post title in my google reader I thought it said, "Meeting With Church Planting Demon Leaders" I thought man what is Stetzer up to now! :)
Brad, my eyes played the same trick on me.
Geoff, PCA was here.
I will pass the other info on for the research.
Very interesting findings. Could you pass along my info to church planters and leaders in attendance. I recently wrote to Leadership Network and Linda Stanley. You can read my email to her on their blog.
http://learnings.leadnet.org/
(The Future of Hispanic Church)
Switch a couple of letters around and you have "Meeting with Church Planting DEMON Leaders." :0
Ed,
Thanks for hosting this practical and insightful gathering. The presentations were right on the mark and the discussions that followed gave even more practical applications.
Hopefully we can all keep learning from the best practices of others.
Met several church planters in the Boston, MA area a couple of weeks ago--very impressive! Way to go, guys and wives.
Ed, I am involved in church planter assessments and have begun to set up centers for my denomination (CMA). I am very interested in the research on the effectiveness of assessment. Thanks for all the resources on planting.