How Jesus built His Church (and why it matters for planters)

By Chris Phillips - Three ways Jesus built (and is building) His Church and why it matters for church planters today.
The Western United States is the fourth-most lost part of the world behind China, India and Indonesia. If you’ve lived in that part of the U.S. for long, then you know the weight of this reality. You know—by name—friends, neighbors and children who don’t know Christ.

But statistics show it isn’t just the western part of the country that’s in a state of spiritual decline. Last year, the SBC was in its 14th year of membership decline. According to Lifeway Research, “Membership in Southern Baptist congregations peaked at 16.3 million in 2006, declining more than 2 million since.” The SBC also saw our ninth consecutive year of decline in baptisms, church-type missions and outreach-oriented events. Continue reading here…