The Saturate Movement pt. 1
Why Church Planting is the Strategy of The Chapel
Tim Armstrong

The Vision of The Chapel is to Plant
__________ in __________

Why plant churches?

#1 Church Planting Follows a __________
(see: Matthew 28:19-20 / Acts 2:41-47)

#2 Church Planting is the __________

The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for (1) the numerical growth of the body of Christ in a city and (2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of the existing churches in a city. Nothing else—not crusades, outreach programs, parachurch ministries, growing megachurches, congregational consulting, nor church renewal processes—will have the consistent impact of dynamic, extensive church planting. This is an eyebrow-raising statement, but to those who have done any study at all, it is not even controversial.
– Tim Keller, Why Plant Churches

“Planting new churches is the most effective evangelistic methodology known under heaven.”
– C. Peter Wagner, Strategies for Growth

“Churches over 10-15 years of age gain 80-90% of their members by transfer from other congregations.”
– Lyle Schaller, Church Growth: Strategies that Work

#3 Church Planting is the __________

#4 Church Planting __________
(See: “Church Planting Sponsorship: A Statistical Analysis of Sponsoring a Church Plant as a Means for Revitalization of the Sponsor Church.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Dr. Jeff Farmer)

How will The Chapel plant churches?

By sending __________ from our __________ with trained church planters to __________

Q&A

"Where are the churches going to meet?"

"How are we going to pay for this?"

"Would you ever consider revitalizing an existing church?"

"Will all our churches plant churches?"