VITALS
Compiled by Sara Shelton
What people are doing, seeing, believing
Church Planting
Church planting is quickly becoming the new wave of evangelism in communities around the United States. In the last 20 years, close to 60,000 churches were planted across the nation. The majority of these church plants came out of non-denominational groups; only one in eight were started by mainline denominations. As the Southern Baptist Convention looks to move forward in evangelistic church planting efforts this year, consider how your church and congregation can get involved in supporting SBC church plants. Learn more about Send North America, NAMB’s church planting strategy at
www.namb.net.
Source:
Leadnet.org
Quick Quotes
“I think they love the opportunity to serve missionaries around the world and even locally. To meet them firsthand, to know that their finances are helping take care of them on the field, that’s a real blessing for our church.”
California pastor Mike Abdollahzadeh remarking on the impact giving to the Cooperative Program has had on the members of his congregation at Lodi Avenue Baptist Church
“I am grateful that Southern Baptists have a passion for missions and a heart for seeing people come to Christ.”
NAMB President Kevin Ezell
“We have the opportunity to regain the pioneering spirit that was in the Southern Baptist Convention in its early days, which provided its greatest expansion. We’re on the brink of another great expansion of the SBC. The SBC is a sleeping giant, and we’re on the forefront of something great.”
Aaron Coe, NAMB’s vice president of mobilization, commenting on the power behind the SBC to plant churches and advance the gospel
“I really believe Southern Baptists have an opportunity to touch North America in an unprecedented way with today’s technology and communications and with the focus I’m now seeing at NAMB in church planting.”
Larry Wynn, NAMB’s vice president of evangelism, on the potential impact of Southern Baptists around the U.S.
Source: Baptist Press and
NAMB.net
By The Numbers: Churches With Ministries To Help The Poor
36% have a formal ministry through the church
30% have a fund designated toward benevolence
26% work with an outside non-profit organization
8% are unaware of or have no ministry to directly assist people in poverty
Source: Christianity Today, February 2011
6 Summer 2011 •
onmission.com
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