Biblical church planting is evangelism that results in new…

“A new church in the community usually leads existing churches to face this issue of kingdom-mindedness. New churches typically draw most of their new…

— Timothy Keller

We are sometimes told that we are not a biblical church. We are a biblical church. This wonderful testament of the Old World, this…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing…

— N. T. Wright

“The Western world is in need of new churches. In some cases churches must multiply and plant new churches from scratch, while in other…

— Darrin Patrick

Many new churches, I regret to say, can be described from the design point of view only as holy terrors.

— Robin Boyd

“We began with a warning that we must be careful not to read the book of Acts as a strict rule book for church…

— Timothy Keller

Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on…

— Eddie Gibbs

“We have seen, then, that it requires at least modest church planting in a city just to keep the body of Christ from steadily…

— Timothy Keller

“Often when we think of church planting,” says Philip, “we think of planting worship services, and we think that once we have planted a…

— Jesse C Middendorf

“God allowed the difficulty of church planting to sift me, to bring the issues of my heart to the surface. I realized that if…

— Christine Hoover

“Paul appointed elders in each church, giving them a certain amount of independence. He was able to do this because the natural church planting…

— Timothy Keller

People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

— Mark Dever

What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.

— Mark Dever

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be…

— Thomas Chalmers

I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers.

— Mark Dever