He and his wife and their 21 month old son will be heading to Macon on December 2 to meet us and check out middle Georgia. We have already completed his initial assessment and everything looks great.
A few people have asked what I have asked myself - Are we ready to plant? We are not quite 2 years old, we have 1 full time staff person (me), we are running wide open to keep up with ourselves and our city, we are pushing to add partnership (our version of membership) and leadership development, our elder candidates are just that CANDIDATES... Can we really plant a new campus?
So here are my thoughts:
* If we wait until we have everything figured out with all of our 'i's dotted and t's crossed' - we will never do it.
* If we wait until we have enough money - we will likely never do it.
* If the right guy were with us today, it would take us a year to Launch a new New City campus - a year of planning, a year of MC building, a year of getting ready...
* There is a need, now for gospel centered missional churches and every day, week, month that we wait puts off another day, week, month, year...
* Will a new campus be 'successful'? I don't know. And I really only know one way to find out - try it - not as a fool, but by faith believing that God is in the process even now - leading his people, preparing the way, and working for His kingdom
So - I would then reverse the question - Why Wait? Why NOT now? Time is ticking!
If you are interested in planting in Middle Georgia and align theologically and missiologically with New City Church downtown - Let's talk!
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