Missionary and church planter Derek Osburn preaches at The Vine Community Church.


The worship band at the church leads worship on Sunday morning. The church plant already has more than 200 in Sunday services, drawing members and attenders from the nearby Cannon Air Force Base.


“As people give of their time through prayer and resources, they help churches like ours succeed in kingdom work.”
 


If you sense that God is leading you to start a new work, the best thing you can do is do that, in spite of what logic might tell you. We’re a testimony that He truly blesses.”


The Vine Community Church, launched in 2009, now averages 210 in worship and pulls approximately 65 percent of its members from Cannon Air Force Base. They have a leased building that seats 300.


“Because of Central doing this, they’ve gained 100 new members in a year and the Vine has gained 200,” says Osburn. “It proved to be the most biblical, godly thing they could do for the kingdom.”


That multiplication, coming from a position of health and maturity, makes Osburn and Central Baptist models for how church staff and churches can approach church planting.


“Church planting is done best when healthy churches do what healthy living things do— reproduce,” says Ed Stetzer. “When the process includes healthy reproducing churches and prepared and healthy planters, it is a powerful and effective combination.”


“The journey was cohesive and friendly working with Central,” says Osburn. “They were a great mother church. We worked well with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and the North American Mission Board. It was a great experience.”


The North American Mission Board is committed to helping churches prepare for partnership in church planting, wherever those churches find themselves, through Send North America.


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