Send Network is committed to the Great Commission, to making God’s last commandment our first priority.
We partner with sending churches to train and equip planters in nine essential qualities for faithful and effective ministry.
One of our essentials is centered on mission: effective church planters regularly do the work of evangelism and disciple-making.
Church planters often dream about starting a church service where they can preach, but they neglect the important work of first planting the gospel in their city through the work of evangelism.
From the beginning of the plant throughout its growth, church planters must be committed to reaching outsiders.
So, how does a church planter model a missional lifestyle?
- He has a web of relationships with unbelievers and shares the good news with them.
- He practices hospitality for the purpose of mission.
- He has resources ready to share with unbelievers.
- He is constantly thinking about innovative ways to engage unbelievers wisely and effectively.
- He is making disciples currently.
- He lives as a missionary in his city.
- He leads God’s people to pray frequently and effectively for conversions.
I think about our city in our context, and one of the ways our church has served our community is by partnering with local police officers.
It’s not uncommon to see police officers show up at our church for prayer, just to check in on us, or sometimes just to vent and build relationships.
Because of this, we’ve had a police officer, who’s been coming to our church regularly, come to faith in Jesus Christ.
Recently, she was baptized, and our church celebrated that.
That was about a year or two into the making of building relationships with law enforcement in our community.
The goal is not to start a church service that’s more attractive than the church down the street. The goal is to engage the city with the gospel, living as a missionary. And as we regularly engage unbelievers warmly and wisely, we must also be prepared to disciple them faithfully and effectively through missional, multiplying churches.