I think we should stop talking about “launching” new church plants and instead refer to them “covenanting” for the first time.
WHY DO WE SAY “LAUNCH”?
I am a church planter myself. I’ve learned from other planters, talked to planters, read updates from planters, and read the books on church planting. And we all say “launch.”
Why?
I asked a few. Their responses were not all the same. The most common answer I have heard is, “This is the date on which our planting team ‘goes public.’” When I follow up by asking if a person from the public could have attended their meetings before the “launch” the common answer is “sure.”
So what actually happened when you “launched” if people from the public could have attended before? Apparently, launching is different than having a child or getting married. You know when those things happen!
Here’s what I think we planters have done: borrowed a word from the business world in order to garner energy and inject life into a church from its beginning.
HOW ABOUT “COVENANT” INSTEAD?
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