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Sixth of Seven Presentations Plant Churches By Dr. Ronald Carpenter, Sr., Executive Director of Evangelism USA Consider the unbelievable consequences if no one had ever planted a church. You could immediately eliminate two-thirds of the book of Acts because that much of the book involves planting churches. You could likewise remove nine of Paul’s thirteen books in the New Testament because they were written to churches that he planted. There would only be one Christian church in the world and that would be in Jerusalem. All of the other churches in the world have been planted by someone. You would have had no church to grow up in nor would you have had a church in which to get saved since all of these had to be planted by someone. Let’s face it, if no one had ever planted a church, the world in which we live would be the literal “doorstep of hell!” Church planting is absolutely vital to accomplishing the Great Commission and to the well-being of human society. The IPHC church planting focus is based on the simple concept that a vibrant, mature congregation should be reproducing itself by helping to plant daughter churches. Each church should fulfill the Acts 1:8 mandate, “Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth” (KJV). The Acts 1:8 mandate is not just a prophecy of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost or merely a prophecy of the geographical spread of Christianity during the first century. It is a blueprint for the spread of the gospel from each local Christian church. Every church should have four pulpits, not just one. Each congregation should reproduce itself by planting the three following types of churches: 1. A Judean church – This is a church of the same culture in the community where the mother church is located. This effort requires a very direct, hands-on effort by the mother church. 2. A Samaritan church – This is a cross-cultural church in the area where the mother church is located. Conference projects provide a local church with this opportunity. 3. A Trans-national church – This is a church in another country of the World. Trans-national field projects are partnership efforts with conferences and churches in another country facilitated by World Missions Ministries.
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