From the very beginning of our church a vision was cast to make Redeemer a church planting church. That’s because we are convinced that planting new churches is a proven and effective strategy for carrying out Jesus Christ’s Great Commission. However, since we didn’t feel the need to “reinvent the wheel,” this past year we have been in search of a solid network of new churches to both strengthen our efforts at Redeemer and launch new ones both nationally and internationally.
Last month, Redeemer announced that it has joined the highly-successful Acts 29 Network. Acts 29 is an inter-denominational church planting movement that trains, funds, and sends pastors into varying cultures with the gospel to start new churches. This year alone Acts 29 will plant 25 churches in the United States and at least that number in the nations of Mexico, Colombia, India, and Canada. Acts 29 has a prayer goal of starting 1000 churches in its first ten years.
To read more about why we give 10% of all of our offering toward church planting and to see why we place such a high emphasis on starting more churches click here. To listen to an explanation on why church planting is critical for the future of the church, click here. And to visit the Acts 29 Network’s page, click here.
