New Wineskins – Church Planting

New wineskins.

That’s what Matt Pamplin, VMC Church Planting Catalyst, is hopeful about for the future of Canadian church planting.
When he attended the Church Planting Canada (CPC) conference in Canmore a couple of months ago (on behalf of VMC), he noticed alot of conversation about experimentation and trying new models of church planting.
People weren’t tied to a single paradigm.
There was a sense of creativity and wondering about new ways of doing church.

There was a strong emphasis on discipleship.
The team approach to church planting was favoured over the single hero approach.
There was a strong desire to see people become more whole – that abundant life that Jesus talks about – more than just a ticket to heaven.

And the most hopeful thing – a felt need to trust the Spirit.
Matt described it almost as a confession – that in the past we have often trusted our own abilities but now there seems to be a new awareness of our need for the Spirit to bring new life.
It’s a coming to the end of ourselves and our own agendas – and being wide open to whatever God may want to do.

Come, Spirit, come.

Photo credits: Rohit Tandon (Unsplash)

New Wineskins – Church Planting
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