Missions and church planters talk emotionally and people give passionately for "evangelism and church planting."
But I wonder why Missions are shy to reveal the reality and why very few people even think about "establishing" the planted churches!
You support a church planter faithfully for years...you gave a good sum of money for church building construction...you gift stuffs from door to altar cross...mat to ceiling fans...
Have you ever asked, where are the believers you once met 5 years before? You saw many believers on the church dedication, but on regular Sundays, there are children (below 15) and ladies sitting around the platform.
How many people and why have they returned back to their old faith (or other church)?
Where are the matured elders (note, it is plural) and qualified pastors?
What about the grown up children (between 15-20)?
Where are the men (between 20 to 55) in the church?
Do they own the church or see it as a mission property or a branch office.
When do you think they will stop getting your money to support their church pastor?
While studying Thessalonians, you cannot miss Paul's strategy, his greatest concern on establishing the church that his work would not go vain.
1 Thessalonians 3:1-5.
But I wonder why Missions are shy to reveal the reality and why very few people even think about "establishing" the planted churches!
You support a church planter faithfully for years...you gave a good sum of money for church building construction...you gift stuffs from door to altar cross...mat to ceiling fans...
Have you ever asked, where are the believers you once met 5 years before? You saw many believers on the church dedication, but on regular Sundays, there are children (below 15) and ladies sitting around the platform.
How many people and why have they returned back to their old faith (or other church)?
Where are the matured elders (note, it is plural) and qualified pastors?
What about the grown up children (between 15-20)?
Where are the men (between 20 to 55) in the church?
Do they own the church or see it as a mission property or a branch office.
When do you think they will stop getting your money to support their church pastor?
While studying Thessalonians, you cannot miss Paul's strategy, his greatest concern on establishing the church that his work would not go vain.
1 Thessalonians 3:1-5.
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