At least that is what Leadership Network says. They write “Church planting in the United States appears to be undergoing an extreme makeover.”According to the findings of a new research study, interest in church planting is on the rise, some of America’s best and brightest ministry leaders choose planting as their career path and church planting efforts are much more successful and promising than anticipated.
| “Church planting has grown in its scope, diversity and impact,” says Ed Stetzer, director of research for Lifeway Research and leader of the study. “North American churches, networks and denominations are making church planting a growing priority.“Such emphases push the church closer toward a movement–where churches plant churches that plant churches across North America and the world.” |
Commissioned by Leadership Network, the State of Church Planting USA study was based on interviews with more than 100 denominational leaders from a wide spectrum, 200 church-planting churches and some 45 church planting networks.
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