Growing new churches to ensure heaven is filled with the people that Jesus died for.
The Challenge
Jesus is returning soon but our church growth does not reflect that reality.
- Upper Columbia Conference has one of the highest ratios of un-churched people in the nation with our larger cities showing the smallest Adventist presence.
- Many churches show little growth in the last twenty years with a growing disparity between book membership and weekly attendance.
- Nominal tithe increases in the conference simply will not support staffing of new churches.
The Plan
Raise $500,000 to provide a three-year jump start in church-planting leadership for up to five targeted population centers.
- Carefully-planted churches grow about ten times faster than established churches. Many former members are reclaimed by new church plants rather than return to the church they left.
- Mother churches involved in planting new congregations become healthier themselves.
- Church planting provides a well-spring of new tithe for the conference.
Why does it matter?
Jesus waits at the doorstep. Adventists need to keep advancing God's message. The "end-time" is our time to be aggressive!