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BOSTON \u2014 As the final Send Network Gathering of 2024 concluded in Boston, nearly 1,000 attendees left with a sense of urgency to focus on multiplication \u2014 making disciples who make disciples and planting churches that plant churches. The event took place September 16-17.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe early church understood when God births a church, he has the nations on his heart,\u201d Send Network President Vance Pitman said during his opening session. \u201cThey weren\u2019t focused on just growing a church. They embraced the plan of multiplying disciples and churches that the nations would know him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Send Network President Vance Pitman highlighted the \u201cmissionary task\u201d during the opening session of the Send Network Gathering in Boston. The missionary task describes the model put forth by the Apostle Paul in Acts 14 and is what Send Network aims to include in the DNA of every church planting missionary who participates through Send Network.<\/em> (Send Network photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Embracing that same plan is \u201cwhy at Send Network,\u201d Pitman said, \u201cwe\u2019re never going to set goals just around the number of churches being planted because churches being planted is not the end game. The end game is the kingdom being expanded in cities and nations all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the start of his tenure as president of Send Network, Pitman has emphasized the need for a biblical missiology in church planting that focuses on the pattern found in the book of Acts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe as we send out church planting teams to accomplish the missionary task,\u201d said Pitman, \u201cthey are sent into the city to engage the city with the gospel. As the cities are engaged with the gospel, disciples are made, and then churches are planted as a byproduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

The missionary task describes the model put forth by the Apostle Paul in Acts 14 and is what Send Network aims to include in the DNA of every church planting missionary who participates through Send Network. And to help churches embrace that mission, Send Network produced a curriculum called \u201cLeverage Your Life<\/a>\u201d that helps churches develop missional leaders and members in their churches.<\/p>\n

Tony Merida, pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C., and vice president of church planter development, spoke from 1 Timothy 4:6-16 on the need for spiritual health and maturity as pastors and leaders make disciples and multiply churches.<\/p>\n

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During the Send Network Gathering in Boston, Tony Merida, pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C., and vice president of church planter development, spoke from 1 Timothy 4:6-16 on the need for spiritual health and maturity as pastors and leaders make disciples and multiply churches.<\/em> (Send Network photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to multiplication, we need to make sure we are multiplying healthy churches,\u201d Merida said. \u201cYou can multiply anything. Cancer multiplies, but we want to multiply healthy churches. To do this, we need mature leaders \u2013- mature leaders leading multiplying churches.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are far too many examples of pastors, leaders, and church planters who have failed because they lacked spiritual maturity.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, stories abound of failure in church planting because of this very issue: a failure to grow in godliness, a lack of spiritual maturity,\u201d said Merida. \u201cMy friends, we don\u2019t have a ministry if we are not spiritually healthy \u2026 We have to take care of our own souls. We will minister best out of health, not out of gifting and not out of effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the final session, James Roberson, lead pastor of The Bridge Church NYC, focused his message from 2 Timothy 3 on personal discipleship through the local church and expressed the urgency of investing godliness into the next generation of leaders.<\/p>\n

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During the final session, James Roberson, lead pastor of The Bridge Church NYC, focused his message from 2 Timothy 3 on personal discipleship through the local church and expressed the urgency of investing godliness into the next generation of leaders.<\/em> (Send Network photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul warns against spiritual imposters, Roberson said, and highlights the proper strategy for combatting those who imitate godliness while denying its power.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe long-term health of the church won\u2019t just come from recruiting the talented,\u201d he said, \u201cit will come from investing in the faithful \u2014 to multiply who you are, your character, your devotion, your intimacy with Christ, the love of your family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the final Send Network Gathering of 2024 concluded in Boston, nearly 1,000 attendees left with a sense of urgency to focus on multiplication \u2014 making disciples who make disciples and planting churches that plant churches. The event took place September 16-17.<\/em> (Send Network photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christian Delgado launched Restoration Church in the Tampa, Fla., area in August of last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing I\u2019m taking back home with me is I can\u2019t give of what I don\u2019t have, and I can\u2019t take our church to where I have not been,\u201d said Delgado. \u201cI have got to deepen my devotion so that I can then give out of my overflow, not out of the reservoir.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isaac Woodward, church planter of The Church in Michoud in New Orleans, took away the need to cultivate spiritual depth within his life and church.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when I feel like I\u2019m being faithful and nothing\u2019s happening, I can know that everything I\u2019m doing is leading me to a deeper, more mature relationship with Christ,\u201d said Woodward. \u201cEven if that\u2019s all that happens, it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Elyria, Ohio, Joshua Hargis planted Elyria Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to be part of a network that is encouraging us to walk with God,\u201d Hargis said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about branding. It\u2019s not about the specific network. It\u2019s about our intimate relationship with God.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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