church planting
Starting new churches
Church planting is the practice of establishing new Christian congregations, typically in areas without existing churches or among populations not served by them.
The term borrows from agricultural imagery—seeds are planted, tended, and expected to grow.
Church planters are missionaries or pastors who start these new communities: They moved to the city for church planting.
The practice is especially emphasized in evangelical Christianity.
Mutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- small groupLimited gathering of people
- core teamCentral group of contributors
hospitality · discipleship · membership · assimilation · community building · neighborhood · belonging · integration
Religious outreach worker
- outreachProactive community assistance
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- convertChange in form or faith
pioneer · apostolic · unreached · sending · multiplication · movement · indigenous · contextualization
Product-finding operation
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
launch · sustainability · location · demographics · residency · coaching · network · denomination
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- small groupLimited gathering of people
core team · hospitality · discipleship · membership · assimilation · community building · neighborhood · belonging · integration · locals
missionary
Religious outreach worker
- outreachProactive community assistance
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
convert · pioneer · apostolic · unreached · sending · multiplication · movement · indigenous · contextualization · Great Commission
multiplication
Product-finding operation
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
funding · launch · sustainability · location · demographics · residency · coaching · network · denomination · parachurch
church plantingchurch closure
Religious building ceasing operations
church plantingsecularization
Religion losing social significance
atheism · irreligion · secular humanism · antitheism · dechristianization
church plantingchurch restoration
Repairing a house of worship
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