In Episode 445 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss a city approach to church planting.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- The social and economic barriers faced in planting in a city
- Why it’s important to intentionally and strategically build a diverse community
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
- “When you think about planting in a city, you have the uber-wealthy, dual-income no kid families, single professionals, and the down and out who might be living there because of a shelter.” – @danielsangi
- “People prefer to come to Christ without crossing social or economic barriers.” – @edstetzer
- “To reach your neighborhood, you are going to be reaching across far more barriers than if you were in a more typical suburban church planting location.” – @edstetzer
- “Church planters shouldn’t go in to a context and say I am going to reach the young, white, urban professionals who are moving into a gentrified neighborhood.” – @edstetzer
- “Don’t be exclusive, but recognize that you probably are going to draw from a particular grouping, and as such you can intentionally seek to not let that group be the only group you engage.” – @edstetzer
- “Most likely, the people who you attract at first are more like you, but then you continue to cast the vision to people who are not like you.” – @edstetzer
- “If the people who show up are not as diverse as you had hoped, then keep intentionally, strategically building a more diverse community as you go.” – @edstetzer
Additional Resources:
- Listen to Episode 443: Church Planting in Canada
- Listen to The One Thing Podcast
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Published December 5, 2019