Why Church Planting
Sermon Delivered on July 31, 2011PDF Link Outline July 31, 2011
Why Church Plants?
Today's Speaker: Grayson Pike
The Need and the Effectiveness
In 1920: 27 churches / 10,000 people
In 1950: 17 churches / 10,000 people
In 1996: 11 churches / 10,000 people
Number of Lost People by Country:
#1 - China
#2 - India
#3 - Indonesia
#4 – USA
Church Age >15 yrs: 3 Salvations / 100 Members
Church Age 3-15 yrs: 5 Salvations / 100 Members
Church Age <3 yrs: 10 Salvations / 100 Members
The Great Commission
Jesus is Divine
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."
Matthew 28:16-18 ESV
Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
John 20:29 ESV
Jesus Commands Us
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19 ESV
Jesus Tells Us Where
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19 ESV
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 1:8 ESV
Jesus Tells Us How
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19 ESV
Jesus Helps Us
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:20 ESV
