Getting Ready for CPM - 1
The Church Planter

The first essential building block is the Church Planter. God could certainly make church happen without us, but in His economy He chooses to partner with His followers to accomplish the task of church planting, as well as other ministry tasks.

1 Corinthians 3:9 (NIV) says,

“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building."

And 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NIV) says:

1 As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in
vain. 2 For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you,
and in the day of salvation I helped you."
I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ moves from community to community when the people of God obey the Great Commission and purposefully take the Gospel to new communities. The best way for the Gospel to move to new communities where there are no relationships is through a trained Church Planter.

If we want to see Church Planting Movements happen, we must train Church Planters on a large scale. Those of us who know how must train those who want and need to know how. It is our responsibility to replicate ourselves frequently. The best Church Planters are always training more Church Planters. It is the Church Planter who is responsible, in partnership with the existing church, to put into place the basic ingredients for church planting to happen.

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