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Hindrances to Church Planting on the Mission Field, part 2
Austin Gardner • June 24, 2022
No right or wrong answers! Thought questions.
From your philosophy of ministry, you will develop the principles that will guide your ministry plan. Not a right or wrong set of questions but more to help you think through what you are doing! Meditate on the following questions.
- Have you decided if you will serve as a missionary or as an on-the-field pastor?
- Are you leaving or staying?
- Are you preparing pastors or pastoring a church?
- Are you a leader training, multiple church planting missionary?
- Can you see how pastoring a church could hinder your church planting ministry?
- Getting so involved in pastoring one church is easy that you forget your priority.
- Pastoring can consume your life and time.
- It is so much more enjoyable to preach to a packed house than wondering if anyone is going to come.
- Pastoring a church can become an anchor around your neck if you desire to plant multiple churches because you will never have enough time to do more.
- Do you realize that all you know is pastoring? It is all we have seen model.
- Most of us have never seen multiple church planting modeled.
- Seldom have we had a model that could show us how to be a leader training, multiple church planting mentor, missionary.
- We hunger to preach the Bible. Expository, sequential Bible preaching.
- We get excited about pastoring and loving people. We drop our focus from the world to the needs of our congregation, which is the right thing for a pastor to do. It is great to be a pastor but is that what God called you to do
- Can you see how you might work differently if you were to plant a church or train pastors to plant churches?
- Choosing the demographic you are after might be different if you are a pastor; you want families. You want ministries for all the community.
- If you are training future leaders, you might want to find young men and women willing to give their lives to start new churches and pastor.
- I challenge you to consider reaching mainly 15 to 25-year-olds or 18 to 28-year-olds who have not decided what to do with their lives. They might surrender to carry the gospel to the world.
A wonderful historical story that will teach us a great deal.
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Starting in Mexico and continuing till today
Gratitude, a sentiment often tucked away in the recesses of our hearts, possesses the transformative power to enrich not only our lives but also the lives of those around us.
In January of 1987 Betty, the kids, and I arrived in Querétaro, Mexico to study Spanish. I literally didn’t know ten words. I am forever indebted to Georgia, Hermana Luisa, Webb for the language institute she ran for many years. She was strict. She pushed hard. Betty cried on more than one occasion. Without the challenge I know that I never would have learned the language. The language school gave me structure, discipline, help learning what to do next. Read the rest of the letter then go watch this video the BBF did of Miss Webb. When you get this letter, Lord willing, Betty and I will be in Mexico and we will be visiting this wonderful godly lady. I thought of this lady often over the years. I remembered how hard she had been on me. I remembered being tortured it seemed but I survived Hermana Luisa and she made me a thriving missionary. Thank you Hermana Luisa for helping a red neck Tennessee hillbilly learn enough Spanish to do some ministry. God bless you. So know that language school might be very beneficial for you. Efficient Resource Utilization: Organized lesson plans and materials ensure learners make the most of their study time, covering essential language elements in a coherent manner. Clear Learning Objectives: Well-organized courses outline clear learning objectives, helping learners understand what to expect and what is expected of them. Resource Accessibility: Organized language schools provide learners with easy access to a variety of resources, including textbooks, multimedia materials, and language software.
Austin Gardner believes hearing about Georgia Webb will bless you. How does Georgia Webb's legacy inspire missionaries today? Explore her impact on global missions and find your place in God's plan. Tune in! #MissionsLegacy #EmpowerEvangelism #FaithJourney
