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Launching Large - Part 1

Mon, Jul 21, 2008

Church Planting

Launching Large – Launching large is the ability of a new church to reach as many as possible within the first six to eight months of existence.  It’s an issue of discovering and fulfilling potential.  Of coursephoto-of-space-shuttle-launch, large is a relative term. Launching large will look different for different church planters in different environments.  Church is local, and launching large is as unique as the area to which has called you.  Areas that are warm to the gospel may lend to a larger launch than completely unchurched areas.  We have also seen the reverse hold true.  Don’t get too caught up in the numbers.  Instead focus on the potential of your area.”

“Launching large is about cooperating with to see his accomplished in an area.  Don’t underestimate that .”
(excerpt taken from Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas of Church Leader Insights.com)

The idea of launching large has nothing to do with ego or numbers for numbers sake.  The idea of launching large has everything to do with reaching as many with the saving message of the cross as we can!  Our plan for is to do everything we can possible to launch large!

There is more to come on launching large in the following days…

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Nelson Searcy Says:

    Thanks for the shout out for Launch. I’m glad you found it helpful!

    Let me know if you have any questions. You might also want to request my free resources for church planters at:

    http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/resources/church_planters.php

    All the best,

    Nelson Searcy
    Author, Launch: Starting A New Church from Scratch
    Pastor, The Journey Church, NYC

    P.S. I just started blogging at http://www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/blog - I hope you find it helpful

  2. epic Says:

    The National Congregations Study estimated that the smaller churches draw only 11 percent of those who attend worship. Meanwhile, 50 percent of churchgoers attended the largest 10% of congregations (350 regular participants and up).
    -From a Study done by the Hartford Institute for Religious Research.

    I thought that was an interesting statistic.

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