What does Canada need from Jesus’ Church?

Three biblical values that form the priorities of Church Planting Canada.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHURCH

Rather than a singular focus on the gathering, we must prioritize equipping God’s people for Jesus’ disciple-making mission. With this, disciple-making becomes our raison d'être and not just a hopeful byproduct of our gathering. By discovering, developing, and deploying teams from within the congregation, momentum shifts from a sedentarism of being “gathered/scattered” to the movemental power implicit in being “gathered/deployed.” And with this, multiplication has a place to start.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHURCH PLANTER

If our focus shifts to embracing the secular space with disciples who model the superiority of Christ, then we need a mission force that is within relational and credible proximity of that mission field. This happens most naturally through teams of interdependent leaders who live out their callings and unique giftings as a Co-Vocational mission force. And this becomes an infinitely reproducible blueprint for every believer to pattern as they declare with great believability, “follow me as I follow Christ.”

A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF GOSPEL COLLABORATION

The church scorecard has shifted in ways that are hard for many to get their minds around right now. Think about how silly the question, "How many are you running?" sounded in the middle of our pandemic lockdown. But that recent and painful history had inspired many churches to think beyond themselves and toward the spiritual state of their communities. And to that end, many are taking steps to work together with other churches to leverage assets and passions so that their entire community gets a chance to hear and respond to the good news of Jesus Christ. This is the level of gospel collaboration that Canada desperately needs.

These are the three big, bold, biblical ideas in which we at Church Planting Canada are concentrating our energies. We warmly invite you to join with us on this journey.

For His Kingdom,

Jeff Christopherson

Executive Director