- Why Plant Churches? | John Piper
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO PLANT CHURCHES? 1. There are about 200 million non-churched people in America, making America one of the four largest “unchurched” nations in the world. 2. Each year about 3,500 churches close their doors permanently.3. Today, of the approximately 350,000 churches in America, four out of five are either plateaued or declining.4. One American denomination recently found that 80% of its converts came to Christ in churches less than two years old. PLANTING CHURCHES WITH MULTIPLE STRENGTHS There are many more reasons. Let me give you one that’s in my heart. Someone might say, “We plant churches because we love so much about Bethlehem, we want there to be lots of Bethlehems.” Well, you need to know that is not the way my heart works. I say this instead: “We have a great God, a great Savior, a great gospel, a great vision of God’s sovereign grace, and we want to see more and more incarnations of this in local churches. But there are so many weaknesses and so may imperfections and so many cultural limitations to Bethlehem that I am not eager for her replication. Rather, what I dream about is more and more of incarnations of the vision and the theology without the same limitations and imperfections. What the world needs is not the replication of our imperfections and limitations but new sets of imperfections and limitations. If we could multiply enough churches with different strengths and weaknesses, then the sum total would come closer to meeting the crying needs of the world. -JOHN PIPER | READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/2010/4499/
- Dont Miss out on COMMUNITY GROUPS!
- JANUARY 25th we are launching our Spring session of Community Groups. Community Groups are the heart of Aletheia Richmond! They are a place where true community happens, a place where we live out the commands of the church, and a place where you will truly grow in grace. There are several ways you can connect with Community Groups: 1. Sign-up during our Sunday morning worship gathering at 10 A.M. at Clark Spring Elementary School. 2. Sign-up during our Wednesday night worship gathering at 7 P.M. in the VCU Commons Theater. 3. Checkout our meeting times on our website by clicking the "Community Group" link and emailing a leader. Look forward to seeing you grow in grace!
