Tuesday, August 02, 2011

First-Person: 4 steps to encourage a church planter


It can be lonely out there. When a new church is begun, its pastor may sometimes feel isolated, especially during the initial months.

Planting new churches is a high priority for Southern Baptists, who are committed to planting record numbers of them, especially in highly populated, under-reached cities. Your small encouragements could make a huge difference to a church planter in North America.

As a member of a Southern Baptist Church, you are already involved in church planting. For example, your church's contributions through the Cooperative Program and Annie Armstrong offering helped support more than 750 new church plants just last year.

Would you go a step further and personally encourage one church planter? Here are a few tips....

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Anglican church planters also need encouragement.

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