Planting by Pastoring: A Vision for Starting a Healthy Church Bethany Darwin Trinity International University

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Now it’s time to recommit to gathering as brothers and sisters in Christ

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Planting by Pastoring: A Vision for Starting a Healthy Church Bethany Darwin Trinity International UniversityAs churches rapidly expand, Christians risk viewing the church with an entrepreneurial mindset. Church planters can be tempted to fixate on gaining numbers and achieving financial stability as their only metrics for success. They fail to focus on lifting up Christs people within the church. In Planting by Pastoring, author Nathan Knight challenges our view of church planting and centers the goal of pastoral ministry on a basic biblical foundation: a