Church Planting

Yet; now, some argue the institution, whether without walls, storefront, or mega church, has become ambiguous in its purpose. Various people question the relevancy of the church and its current contributions to a contemporary community where poverty remains high, homelessness continues to grow, ignorance persists, and educational pursuits are problematic. Some even suggest ill-moral behavior is rampant. While others, even suggest the church only serves as a tool to put money in a few manipulative peoples' pockets.

In David Hesselgrave's book: Planting Churches Cross Culturally, he gives Biblical and practical advice for local and foreign missions. He formerly taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. While offering good insight, the book is a bit lengthy and the illustrations can be confusing. Nevertheless, it's good for all Christians who are called to evangelize.

The reason behind this study is to find out a strategy to be used for replanting a church in the United States, Jackson County, Alabama in a town known as Woodville. The study will put into consideration whether a certain kind of individual can show propensity on a contextual basis towards replanting of a new church through the exploration of distinctive of the people in this town from a cultural stand and also the church planting history in a cultural and geographical context. The study will also involve the determination of demographic research and resources exploration that will be enough for the replanting of a new church in Woodville, Alabama.

“Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell.” (canterbury tales) Throughout the middle ages the church became more and more corrupt through four most leading issues. One betrays the main problems that caused the church to become corrupt. Two very significant perpetrators within the church that was a part of causing the downfall. Three many evil practices that led to corruptness in the people furthermore making the church itself become a sinnful place. Lastly, number four, Strong protestors, being the problems in and of themselves in the wrong they protested about. This resulted in problems: the black plague, perpetrators: those who were corrupt each in

However, knowledge has been an area of slow and intermittent growth. I learned the Lutheran Catechism as part of the process of publicly proclaiming my faith as a young man. During my college years, I struggled in trying to explain my faith when confronted with issues such as God directed violence. My non-Christian friends wanted to know how I could believe in a God who commands the slaughter of innocent women and children by the people of Israel. I had difficulty answering these questions because I had never been taught that my faith required me to develop answers to these questions. However, the disequilibrium produced by the questions of my friends became a catalyst for my learning. Cox (n.d.) stated in his Biblical Principles Related to Education #15 “Disequilibrium is a primary catalyst for learning (p. 1). Just as Job responded to the questions of his friends, I felt it necessary to answer the questions of my friends. Like Job (New International Version), I knew that my friends were wrong but I still saw the need to respond to their questions. Moreover, I was able to learn and grow in the process and developed a faith that was based on knowledge and not just blind acceptance of what I had been taught as a

This reformation includes two folds, “one a drive for internal reform linked to earlier reform efforts, and the other a Counter-Reformation that opposed Protestants intellectually, institutionally, politically, and militarily.” (51) Both parts of the reformation of the Catholic church result from their need for power. The church sets their goal to stop the spread of Protestant ideas with the ambition of reestablishing their supremacy. In the attempt to achieve this goal, the church promotes the teaching of specific Catholic doctrine that Protestants contest such as the rule to, “keep the mind ready and prompt to obey all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy mother, the hierarchical church.”

The risk for organizations during this phase is to assess for good yet a limited set of qualities in potential church planters. Current tools are helpful, but they are lacking. What they are lacking causes a problem because what is missing in the gap is not emphasized during the earliest stages of church planter formation. What is being emphasized, in other words, assessed is being communicated as a value such as skills, ability, knowledge but what about a planter’s posture towards God, the church, and culture? Church planting organizations will often teach and train about what the purposes of the church are and what the planter needs to do in those areas but without an assessment of their current preferences

In this paper, we are going to look at some of the vital parts that make a church plant successful. We will first examine the importance of the location and will look at three reason why this is something that requires extreme thought and prayer. We will then look at finances of the church. We will examine the who and the how when it come the stewardship. Finally closing the paper, we will examine where the main growth will take place small groups. Looking at four areas of small groups that a church plant must have.

However, conflict within the Church in the 1800's loosened its strength. In the next century, changes

It’s time to become wise and happy. But how? I am an adolescent lobbed into adulthood without the necessary equipment. Perhaps religion is the answer.

A broken Latin Christendom occurred with the rejection of all papal authority by many kingdoms and this took place all because protestants rejected the special, sacerdotal, or supernatural character of the priesthood (Norton, p. 91). What began with the emergence of much unhappiness with the clergy, by all classes of society, turned into a full scaled revolt triggering countries to pick sides in this religious revolution. With individuals, such as Lutheran, Calvin, and Leyden calling for a complete overhaul of the Roman church and the clergy refusing to change, a religious ticking time bomb was waiting to explode, which it did. Once exploded the Protestants made new rules, rules that would fix the major issues that protestants had and that

The Roman Catholic church has been around for hundreds of years. The church stood strong when Rome, one of the greatest empires of the world, crumbled. The church has united people of all kinds from all corners of the world. However, with any entity that holds power, questionable acts and ideas surround the article. The church has been accused of corruption innumerable occasions. Common people began to wrench into the workings of the church. Many discovered that wealth and privilege surrounded the church and the higher powers within the church. The church and the common man seemed to be in an ever lasting tug of war.

During the Late Middle Ages, Christian followers and clergy were becoming increasingly concerned about the corruption of the church. Some had even declared that the dogma was false, however, the church had dealt with similar challenges before. In the 1500’s a new series of attacks on the church’s authority had started to destroy Christianity creating both political and cultural consequences.

3. Paul says what everybody has to do to stay away from the evil and sin, and closer to the Lord. (6:14-16)

Call upon us when you feel greatly threatened by others or by circumstances that you perceive as harmful or hurtful. We come at your call, but if we foresee the damage, we come