Only 3% of Churches Reproduced Themselves Last Year

Only 3% of churches served as the primary sponsor of a church plant (new congregation) during the previous 12 months, and only 14% gave financial support in partnership with other churches to help start new congregations.  A total of just 28% of congregations participated in some way, financial or otherwise, in church plants.

These findings come from a LifeWay Research survey of 1,004 Protestant pastors conducted in December 2008 and released April 2010.  “Although we see more church planting involvement, we need to see a much higher number of churches starting churches,” Ed Stetzer, President of Lifeway Research, said. “It is widely acknowledged that church planting is the most effective form of evangelism. It should be of great concern that only 28% of North American churches helped start new congregations at all, including only 12% of those who took primary responsibility. For too long, churches have assumed that mission involvement and church planting is someone else’s responsibility.”

This story summary: http://www.pursuantgroup.com/leadnet/advance/may10s2c.htm
The LifeWay article:  http://www.lifeway.com/article/170227/ 

Global Awakening is not Local...yet

A great spiritual awakening is occurring in our world today. David Barrett's World Christian Encyclopedia documents 82,000 conversions every day, the largest number in Christian history. 


However, only 6,000 are in North America and Western Europe, combined. 


(Thanks to the Center for Informed Faith for pointing this out.)


How might the Spirit be leading us in bringing this global spiritual awakening in our new Dallas churches?  
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