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Gospel Conversations Lead to Gospel Congregations Gospel conversations lead to Gospel congregations. As you can see from the cover of this edition, we have seen a culture of multiplication begin to sweep across the Buckeye State through a movement of new church plants in recent years! The Lord has been so kind to us, providing an excellent SEND Network Ohio team, re- sources, and, of course, planters who have received and responded to the call upon their lives.
and discipled them along with many others who went on to embark on a planting movement. All of us can join the Great Commission and make disciples not only in our local congregation, but also in our local community. It does not have to always be a formal or weekly meeting, but as you go about your daily activities. A Church was Planted - Finally, after the city was en- gaged and disciples were made, a church was planted. This is the church planting journey of how the Lord start- ed the church in Corinth. As you can see, it takes all of us, not just the planters, to start a new work. As Tim Keller once said, “To put it simply, the multiplication of churches is as natural in the book of Acts as the multipli- cation of individuals.” I am beyond grateful for God’s activity among us in re- cent days, but we have so much to do in order to reach the people of Ohio with the good news of Jesus Christ. It will take all of us having more gospel conversations that will ultimately lead us to having more gospel con- gregations.
Gospel Conversations are at the root of this movement. In the New Testament, we see in Acts 18 that God wants to use all of us to be part of a church planting movement through our daily activities. Engage the City - The first item on the agenda of the Apostle Paul as he entered the city of Corinth was not to build a website or buy a building, but to engage the city. Please do not misunderstand me, there is nothing wrong with building a website or buying a building. However, oftentimes we can miss the most important step in the process, and that is to engage the city we live in and are striving to reach with gospel conversations. Disciples are Made - Another important piece in the church planting movement is that disciples are made. The Apostle Paul, here in Acts 18, engaged the city, and then disciples were made. As he went about his daily activities, engaging the city as a tentmaker, he met Priscilla and Aquilla. He met with
Dr. Jeremy Westbrook Executive Director-Treasurer, SCBO
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