By LARRy BARkER, North America Missions Director
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BMAA Missions is tasked not only with planting churches
in North America, but also replanting churches that need
to be recreated as genuine Great Commission churches
B
aptists have always been church lem he sees is that all too often our church
planters. From 1750 to 1950 Bap- planting methods are “reptilian.” In other
tists were responsible for planting words we lay as many “eggs” as we can and
about 77,000 new churches. Through then pray that some of them will survive.
their Gospel preaching and evangelizing The problem is that we are not reptiles,
efforts, it is estimated that over 15 million but we are mammals, and mammals love
accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior. and care for their young. Church plants
New Testament churches grew spiritually can survive and thrive with the proper
and wanted to birth new congregations beginning and the proper ongoing care.
in areas where a Gospel preaching church The church planter whose calling is obvi-
was needed. Today, we are seeing a renewed ous and has a clear vision of what God
passion to plant churches that are deeply wants him to do has a 90 percent chance of
connected to the community where they surviving, if he receives the proper assess-
are planted. These new plants are focused ment, training, team dynamics, strong rela-
on living and expressing biblical compas- tionships with his supporters, and ongoing
sion to a lost world. mentor/coaching.
Dave Olsen in his book, The American Did you know that training is said to be
Church in Crisis, points out that Today’s only 5 percent of what the church planter
Baptists remain one of the most commit- needs? We are committed to not only pro-
ted groups to church planting. The prob- viding the tools necessary to help prepare
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