Why I Love Church Planting

What is the best way to help people with significant long-term help? There are lots of good things going on in the world.

• education
• health care
• stopping exploitation of children
• clean drinking water
• housing
• environmental stewardship
• etc.

Now imagine these types of good works coming under a healthy local church. You get all these practical benefits plus:

• Family relationships are restored.
• People have hope for the future.
• People learn how to be generous, forgiving and loving.
• People learn how to care for their families, and to help their neighbours.
• Most importantly, people come to peace with God.

Why I love church planting.

• Healthy local churches bring healing to a broken neighborhood like nothing else.
• Healthy local churches last for generations.
• Healthy local churches provide a safe environment for families and individuals to celebrate, to get help, to live life.

We can do the good things without the local church but how long do they last? What provides the motivation for people to live altruistically? Jesus said that those who live whole-heartedly for the kingdom of God will be greatly blessed in this life PLUS they will have eternal life. (Mark 10:30, Luke 18:30).

• Christianity is good for individuals, for families, for communities and nations.
• I love the local church. If we do this well good works will follow. 
• We each have a limited amount of energy, time and resources. 
• I want to spend mine planting churches. 

A healthy local church is good news for neighbourhoods. I cannot think of a better way to help people.

Rick.