Church in the Making is a new book that will rattle your conceptions about how effective churches get started. Author Ben Arment identifies three major factors that make or break a new church before it starts. You'll be stretched and challenged by this book.
Ben Arment has founded a variety of popular leadership, ministry and spiritual growth events including The Whiteboard Sessions, STORY, and Dream Year. He lives in Virginia Beach and blogs at BenArment.com.
A majority of new churches fail, leaving countless discouraged church planters wondering why. Ben Arment answers their question with Church in the Making by identifying and expanding on three God ordained conditions that make for a successful church plant even before the doors open:
Good Ground – just as Jesus based his ministry on the openness of people’s hearts, we must gauge the spiritual receptivity of our community before planting a church. If the people are not yet open to the Gospel, the first step is to cultivate their hearts.
Rolling Rocks – momentum is also key to the success of new churches. If God truly builds his church, then our job is not to start from scratch, but rather to identify where he is already bringing people, funds, and other resources together for his purposes.
Deep Roots – wherever there’s a church in the making, God provides a group of leaders who can align people and resources in order to achieve and sustain the church’s mission. Lone planters have a much less hope of succeeding, let alone surviving.
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Ben Arment speaking at the 2009 Echo Conference about Church in the Making.
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