Apostolic Church Planting Quotes

“The phase-out thread is based on the notion that the team begins with its end in mind. The team intentionally plans to remove itself physically from the new church, even before they arrive on the field. In light of such thinking, the team allows their end desire (that is, a local church engaged in mission with its own leaders) to influence everything they do from the pre-entry stage to the church formation/leadership development stage. If phase-out shapes their thinking, then the team will be careful to develop their strategy with methods that are simple, highly reproducible and imitable so that the gospel may ring out from the new church (1 Thess 1:6-8).”
― J.D. Payne, Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers

“Encouragement is key. In church planting, you have to look for things to be encouraged about and to encourage each other about. Encouragement is a cornerstone of church planting.”
― J.D. Payne, Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers

“In my conversation with James, he confessed, “I had to repent of my lack of evangelism.” James decided to change his method and started identifying himself as a Christ-follower and sharing the gospel as early as possible in his encounters with people.”
― J.D. Payne, Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers

“Intentional, regular evangelism is one nonnegotiable practice of church-planting teams.”
― J.D. Payne, Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers

“the kingdom of God relies on a different value, one that places a great emphasis on partnership and community. Ministry has always been a team sport. While we do find examples in the Bible of individuals serving the Lord on their own (such as Elijah in 1 Kings 17–19 or Philip in Acts 8), the model of people colaboring takes priority. This is most evident in the disciple-making and church-planting efforts of the apostolic church. In the Gospels we read that Jesus sent out the seventy-two in teams (Lk 10:1), and the first missionaries from Antioch were the team of Paul and Barnabas (Acts 13:2-3). In God’s economy, the missionary team is vital to the propagation of the gospel and the multiplication of disciples, leaders and churches.”
― J.D. Payne, Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers