Church Planting as Spiritual Warfare

I've never fought in a war, but I've read my share of war stories, watched my share of war documentaries, and visited my share of war memorials. Every war had some objective, some overriding purpose that drove men to sacrifice their lives.

Spiritual warfare is no different. What is the overriding goal of spiritual warfare? To plunder the enemy. Spiritual warfare is about rescuing sinners enslaved to Satan and his kingdom. It's about conversion—the transfer of precious souls from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of God's beloved Son (Col. 1:13-15).

Plundering Satan's kingdom is the mission of the church and of the church planter. When Jesus charged the apostles to "make disciples of all the nations," they responded by preaching the gospel and planting churches, plundering the enemy's kingdom one soul (or 3,000) at a time (Acts 2:40-47). And we'll be plundering our enemy until Christ returns, when converts from every tribe and tongue and people and nation will worship the Lamb forever and ever. Keep reading