I'm posting this question from Joe McDaniel, he left it as a comment. Joe became a good friend as we served together at Mabel White.Why NCCd - Why the little "d" - GREAT QUESTION!
New City will be a church planting church. We will plant or help plant in foreign countries, other states, and other cities. Statistically this is a great way to spread the Gospel, and biblically it was THE way to spread the Gospel.
New City will be a church planting church. We will plant or help plant in foreign countries, other states, and other cities. Statistically this is a great way to spread the Gospel, and biblically it was THE way to spread the Gospel.
We will also plant CAMPUSES in the middle Ga area. The thought for now is to have multiple New City campuses - all a part of the same fellowship, all sharing the same vision, all engaged in the same mission. We believe that multiple campuses are a more effective way of reaching an entire region - like Middle Georgia.
We hope to plant a second campus in year 3. Part of our current leadership building strategy is geared toward the start of these campuses and church plants. For example, we are beginning to work pretty had toward having multiple bands and multiple worship leaders. The idea is that in 3 years, when we add another campus, we can simply rotate bands and perhaps leaders between the worship gatherings. That eliminates the need to find a leader and band in 3 years. The same will be true of other leadership positions - like small group leaders, deacons, kids workers... We are working now to send out a core to start our next campus, and our next church. We will send them out from us with joy as they become missionaries in a different area and different context. SO - We don't know where our second campus will be in three years, but if it were in Forsyth, it could be New City Church north - NCCn.
So - as small as the "d" seems, it is really a HUGE part of our strategy and vision!
Thanks for asking, Joe! See you soon.
