why church planting?
A quick rant…
Here’s what someone recently said to me about my dream to plant several churches in the area: “Why would you break apart churches to do this?” In other words, stay together. Don’t send people from churches because that makes them smaller and hurts them from a resource stand point. My next question was a bit upfront, “Why not plant churches to make other churches smaller so that more can multiply and reach those that aren’t being reached relationally with the Gospel?” In fact, I stared at the dude and said, “Do you think smaller churches are a waste of time?”
You see, I love small church. I grew up in one. I’ve always served in them. I love the fact that nothing works. I work hard at making stuff that’s super old look good. I like that there’s a grind to churches that are underfunded or forgotten by their denominations. Everything feels raw. It’s all unplugged. Live. Flexible. Changing. Nomadic. And sometimes you get a few talented people together to serve in them and they have a worship sense that kicks donkey…
A few weeks back I saw a sign at the coast that said: Behind every successful man is a woman rolling her eyes. 
Sort of true though, right? At least for the Christian because our theology says that God’s the one who does the great work. So how does it work?