David Watson on the Core Value of Prayer (w/Scripture List)

The following is from David Watson’s blog Touchpoint.

The first of the Core Values for church planters should be prayer.  Prayer should precede and permeate our work.  Prayer should consume a significant part of our daily lives.  Without prayer we are disconnected from God – Our hearts and minds are at loose ends, doing what we think is right, instead of listening to God and doing what He says is right.  Without prayer it is impossible to please God or succeed in ministry.

Following is the Scripture list for a personal or group Guided Discovery Bible Study on Prayer.  I would challenge you not to just read the passages, but work through them using a simple inductive Bible study process … [Click here to read the rest of David Watson's post.]

David Watson on Pastor-Teachers and Church Planting

The following is from David Watson’s blog Touchpoint.

One question I hear regularly from Pastor-Teachers is, “What is my/our role in starting new churches?”  This is the right question to which is often given a wrong answer, and to which there is not a single answer.

The Pastor-Teacher’s primary function is with the existing church or saved people.  He is called and gifted to shepherd, grow, exhort and minister to the church.  The training, gifting, and call of a Pastor-Teacher are very different from those of an Apostle, Prophet, and Evangelist.

What this means is that when a person who is called to be a Pastor-Teacher engages in church planting, the results are usually single generational, often focused on gathering sheep, and extremely frustrating in places where there are few or no existing Christians.  This is because the primary role of the Pastor-Teacher is with saved people, not lost people.  Note that I said Primary Role!

Before you get upset with me, please hear me out … [click here to read the rest of David Watson's post]

Welcome to the Eastern European roundtable!

The Eastern European roundtable seeks to contribute to the recruiting, equipping and encouraging of Christian workers who have been called to help plant and reproduce churches within and throughout Eastern Europe.

Why? Because the harvest is plentiful and the workers are few, but our Lord is the Lord of the harvest. Let us listen and work together, that the Lord Jesus may bring glory to his Father throughout all of Eastern Europe!

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