Het jy al gedink aan die onderliggende rede hoekom ‘n nuwe geloofsgemeenskap ontwikkel moet word? Geoff Surratt kyk na die slegte en goeie redes om ‘n kerk te plant.

The most important question any church planter can ask is “ Why am I planting a church?” I have had some conversations with some great guys lately who I think are really struggling with that question. All of us struggle with why we are in ministry on Monday morning, but we need to evaluate our motivation on a bigger scale.

Let’s look at what I think are some lousy reasons to plant a church and then share a great reason I recently heard.

First the lousy reasons:

“I want to reinvent church”

This one comes in a lot of flavors, but it always comes down to the bottom line, I have a better way to do church. More hymns, no hymns, pews, no pews, more art, more coffee, more beer, less structure, less formality. We’re going to be radically sold out. We’re not going to cater to Christians. We’re going to go deep. We’re going to go wide. We’re going to be a church for people who absolutely abhor the awful church that I’m currently drawing my paycheck from.