Established Churches Should be Involved in Planting New Gospel Churches

I believe once a church celebrates five years of existence, they are an established church. With this premise, the vast majority of churches in America are established churches. Many of these churches are in need of revitalization.

When you look at the status of churches in America, you may read reports that seventy or even eighty percent are plateaued or declining. When a church gets outside of itself in a missional focus like planting new gospel churches, this can serve as a major part of revitalizing their own established church.

Among even the largest evangelical denominations and conventions in America, only a small percentage of established churches are involved directly in planting new gospel churches. This needs to change if we desire to reach North America and the world for Jesus Christ.

Gospel Churches Plant Gospel Churches

When you read and study the book of Acts, you discover that gospel churches are involved in planting gospel churches. Again and again, we see the biblical precedent of planting churches. When the apostles went into towns, cities, and regions where the gospel had never been before, they won people to Christ and planted a gospel church immediately.

Gospel advancement and gospel community were significant parts of the churches discussed in the book of Acts. It appears, at times, that it is difficult to separate the advancement of the gospel and the planting of a new gospel community or church. Since established evangelical churches strive to live out Holy Scripture, these gospel communities must be involved not only in gospel advancement, but planting new gospel churches nationally and internationally.

Planting New Gospel Churches will Help Revitalize Your Church

As a local church pastor for over thirty-eight years, I know the deep need for seeing an established church become revitalized and reinvented to be more relevant contextually. Since I have pastored the same church for over twenty-eight of these years, I fully understand the importance of our existing churches being revitalized – given new life and vitality. We have experienced this several times through the years in our own fellowship.

From personal experience, I can tell you that it helps our fellowship when we are involved directly in planting new gospel churches! In church life, you cannot wait until you have it all together to become involved in planting new gospel churches. That may never happen! Yet, one of the greatest ways to lead revitalization in your church is to get people involved beyond themselves in a biblical endeavor like planting a new gospel church.

ALL Churches can Plant New Gospel Churches 

Church planters and their churches receive monies from all sizes of churches. It doesn’t matter if it is $500 a year, $1,000 a year, or $100,000 a year. Church planters count all contributing churches as serious partners. From the smallest to the largest church, we can all find our place in planting new gospel churches.

Partnering with other churches to help plant new gospel churches is the future. Church planters do not have one sending church that supports their needs completely; they need several partners. Any church of any size can be involved in church planting. This will help you revitalize your church!

Our Commitment at Cross Church

Since 2002, our Cross Church Family has planted 101 new gospel churches locally, nationally, and internationally. Right now, we are in an ongoing partnership with 7 new gospel churches across the entire world. This is possible because our people came on board with a mighty vision to plant new gospel churches and through partnerships with other gospel churches.

Your Church can find a Way      

Your church can find a way to participate in planting new gospel churches. I promise you, it will help contribute to your church being revitalized! This will result in new life, more excitement, and increased support in your church. New life sparks new life!

When established churches experience this, they will recapture a greater vision of reaching their own community for Christ. Their eyes will begin to again see what is around them in their own community.

Let’s help push back the lostness of our world through planting new gospel churches. Your church can do it!

Yours for the Great Commission,

Ronnie W. Floyd