Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

28 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 2

Clement, Calvin, and the LA Urban Pastor’s Association Review, Reflections, and Recommendations Rev. Hank Voss (South Los Angeles, California)

Church Plant Movements can be thought of in terms of five movements: Endearment, Evangelism, Equipping, Empowering, and Embracing. ~ Rev. Bob Engel “How do you start new churches?” One of the leaders smiled and pointed to a middle aged woman standing nearby. She was a central committee member who was gifted in starting new work. She runs a small kiosk in the village market and when someone from out of town comes to her stall to buy things she asks them, “Do you have a Baptist church in your village?” If they respond predictably with, “What is a Baptist church?” she replies, “Next week we will come and tell you about it.”

~ David Garrison. Church Planting Movements . Midlothian, VA: WIGTake Resources, 2004. p. 73.

I. Review: Part 1. Describe a snapshot of what the Association looked like last week. Where and when did it meet; Who was there; What happened? How did it get to be the way it is today?

A. The Story. See Appendix I: History of Urban Pastor’s Association.

B. Purpose : to honor and glorify God by advancing and expanding God’s Kingdom among the Urban poor through church planting

C. Definition : a group of churches gathered together with the mutual intent of fostering fellowship, sharing resources and participating in mission and ministry

D. Objectives : Fellowship, Resourcing and Shared Mission

E. Shared Mission defined as cooperating in a commitment to four areas:

1. To evangelize and make disciples among the urban poor