FIRST PERSON: Church planting as a tool for advancing the kingdom of God

LAS VEGAS – I recently spent time in Southern California with 600 church planters and their wives during a Send Network Gathering. They are all planting churches in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

If you could have been there in that room with those men and women of God who are joining in the mission of God, you would be so encouraged by what God is doing in North America and among our Southern Baptist family of churches.

On Sunday March 19, our Southern Baptist family will recognize Church Planting Emphasis Sunday. It’s an important thing for us to recognize and remember. We’re in the season where our convention of churches is celebrating and giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® to fuel God’s activity across North America.