"Acts 29 welcomed a new church planter recently, Ray Ortlund Jr. Though he may be new to the pastorate, he is not new to ministry. Prior to becoming a pastor Ray was the Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School alongside Mars Hill Church?s good friend, Dr. D.A. Carson.
Mars Hill Church members may know him better as the man who wrote the notes for the book of Isaiah in the ESV Study Bible."
A high calibre church planter!
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Jonathan Campbell on Missional Church
God's strategy for building his kingdom is through the growing and multiplication of missional communities... The church is to share the good news of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit among all the social groupings and gather those who respond into disciple-making communities. New churches flow naturally out of disciple-making in the community context.
Jonathan Dodson on Church Planting
Here are the Stages of Growth we followed as a Missional Core Team (see separate document Stages of Organic Growth for further explanation)
Meals & Mission: time spent cultivating community over shared meals, missional conversation, and being on mission together socially and evangelistically.
Vision & Mission: time spent in community discussions around vision and values, while continuing to practice mission.
Commitment Night: an evening in which I gave a charge, we prayed for our city, had first communion over a meal, and celebrated God’s work in our Core Team.
Bible Study & Mission: spent time teaching through Luke-Acts, identifying the themes and challenges of gospel, community, mission.
Strategy & Missional Community: time spent in more strategic conversation and planning to be a church in the city and for the city through what came to be called City Groups (aka Missional Communities).
Low Profile Public Gatherings: our first public gatherings which included preaching and primarily built up the existing Core Team
High Profile Public Gatherings: our first attractional, public gatherings in a city centre location
City Groups Multiply: existing City Groups multiply through mission and leadership development
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