Churches Planting Churches

Ed Stetzer gives 10 Reasons to Partner in Planting Now. Here are the 10 reasons, but I would encourage you to go and check out what he writes.

1. The current economy is a perfect opportunity.

2. Plants do better when local people are sent out.

3. Churches get healthier as and after they plant another church.

4. Shared DNA is better than solo DNA.

5. Planters who partner benefit from increased accountability.

6. Partnerships lessen the financial and resource burdens.

7. People in the community need to reach their community.

8. You can take advantage of more effective exposure.

9. It creates a vivid witness.

10. It is ultimately Kingdom-minded.

I Want to Hear from You

For the last several weeks I have been praying much about church planting.  I have attended Christ Baptist Church in Wilson which is a church plant.  I have talked with several church planters.  I have talked with several pastors and heard many different thoughts about church planting.  For the most part, almost everyone agrees that local churches are the primary way to plant churches.  In other words, being sent and supported by a local church is the way it appears God works to multiply churches.  I agree with this all.  I believe heavily in the local church.  I also believe in healthy churches.  It would be arrogant to assume that we do not have healthy churches, but I do fear that the majority of our churches are not healthy.  I fear that many have neglected the expositional teaching/preaching of Scripture and have strayed away from a commitment to Biblical truth and Biblical living.  You can go here to see what I think of when I say "healthy churches."

So here is/are my question(s).  Does the Rocky Mount area need more churches planted in order to have more healthy churches?  What are some things you would consider when thinking through church planting?

I recognize that some read this and never respond, but I would really like to hear from you all on this subject.