Pastor Lane preaches for Second Baptist Church’s (Springfield, MO) Church Planting celebration. Drawing from Ezekiel’s prophecy for the failure of the people to obey God, and there being no one to stand in the breach with God, Pastor Lane exhorts Christians to give up their lives to tell the world of the One who...
Note: This is the second article addressing challenges in church planting. You can read the first here. Planting churches means working through challenges that arise. Working through these challenges reveals the real grind of mission that heightens a demand for the Gospel, within individuals and a congregation. The whole church must work through these...
Church planting creates chaos and confusion. I am reminded of this reality any time I get near a church plant or listen to a church planter. People hate chaos and confusion. The demand of leadership can cause an intense aversion to it. I am convinced that this is one main reason why so many leaders steer clear...
The church was fully operational: healthy, growing, and everything was going great. Only one problem remained. It was all still in my head. God first called me to plant a church over nine years before I began. Every time someone mentioned church planting my heart began to race, my eyes swelled with tears, and...
The state of Christianity in America today is a topic of great debate. Depending on where you live, the conversation is likely traced through a varied vernacular. At the heart of the conversation is the question, “Is Christianity, and specifically the Church, shrinking or growing?” A couple of weeks ago, the Pew Forum on...