Quote by James MacDonald

“Biblical church planting is evangelism that results in new churches.”

— J. Payne

“A church leadership that cannot provide members with business ideas should stop demanding tithe from them. Plant greatness in the members and they pay…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Ministry is God’s work; we only participate in it. And as God’s work, it can neither be forced nor be prevented with absolute certainty.…

— Wesley W. Ellis

Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.

— Andy Stanley

You plant the gospel. You don't plant churches.

— Alan Hirsch

“Our world is being shaken to its very foundations. Instead of offering great thoughts about God, the meaning of reality, and the gospel, there…

— David F. Wells

Don't aim to plant churches. Aim to plant a church that will plant many other churches.

— George Patterson

“evangelicals overestimate our size and influence as a movement.”

— John S. Dickerson

“It is a great sin on the part of Church members if they do not daily sustain their pastor by their prayers!”–1892, Sermon 2261”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

“One finds both good men and bad in the Church. By our fruits we will be known, not by what name we have called…

— Michael Flynn

We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.

— Shane Claiborne

“Churches with high expectations not only reach the unchurched but retain them as well.”

— Thom S. Rainer