The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1999

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'Pe nat1on 1 .v1de 1-800·227-3572 819 churcn discounts as~ for Bua Graham Norwood Baptist Christian School 4 m1r s ry of Norwood Baot,st Church Facul ty needed for 1999-2000: Elementary teachers & high school English K-12, Trad1nona classroom setting. es·aolashed 1n 1957 member ACSI Sa d Resurne o \~an< Spradling Adm1n1s rater 20~ i Cour: and A ,e Cine nnat OH 4521 2 513-458·2140 FAX513-458·2141 - ornc d(H; unn~nl~ have holh a Jong 4-lnd :-.horl t'orn1 ; thi :-. one ha bnth ·rhc short f ( >111t looks like 1hi \ : The OARBC will hire a ful l-time church planting coordinator who shall act as both a coach and catalyst in the start ing of new churches in Ohio . The long fnrn1 answer~ basic quc~li ons about this ve nture and is designed lo disc lose full y the " in and outs" or tl11~ eff ort. Hopefull y thi · proposal will give a clear sense of direc tion lo our entire slate fcll o\\:sh1p and will prove co he a rall yi ng point around which we can unite. It will tes t the reality o f our mollo, "Bound by Lhe vv'ord und to each other .., We arc calling it ·· trctch and ·ow" - hc<:ausc that i~ prec isely what it will prove lo be for many of us- a real tretch and a real ~o\vine of the ~ccd in new field s. "' Plea ·c read on and al low a sen. c of hol v J excitement to begin to fli cker within you . \Ve are on the verge or a big ~tcp forward ! Rat ionale For Doing Th is Why do this? l . Chr is t's n1andate to hi · leader · in Matt. 28 : 18-20: cvangc l1 zc, baptize, ~ntcchi7c. ·n1e e res ult in ~al vation, ide ntificati on, and education. We arc lo reach all \VC can an<l then teach all we rl!ach. The local church i\ the bc~t arena for these to take pl ace; thcrc l'orc. th~ 1nore local churches the bc. Ltcr . 2. The titn ing or our era Our As oc iation has hccn attempt i ng to do ~omcthi ng about thi s in an organi zed \\lay since I 990: we have been de terred ., f rnn1 n1ov1ng ahead hy legitimare. I ru~trating obs tacle. . There 1s a latent cn"c of long1ng lo ec 01nc thing happen no\\'. a latent rrus trati on over l a<.: k of progre s. We have :;on1e money already de ig~ na tcd for church planting. These fund \\ ere left a few years ago after the OARBC settled all the claims from our fa iled ins urance pl an. Those fund s arc no\\- bccom1ng avail able to us and can be u~cd for ~tart -up expenses. Beyond this, the clo~1ng of one rnillcnium and the .... dJ\vn1ng of another can prov ide an 1n1pt! l u~ for rcne\.\ed e fforts . 3. l l 1.:on1ports \.\ ell w1th our vi ion tatc1ncn t· " 'vVe arc che OARBC. We are I} [ g <lcJa.. <1lcu to the hutld1ng of Nc \.\c ' ['c\ ta1nc nt 1.: hurchc, Lon1n1ll tcd to fulfilling the (,1 cat ('0111n11~"1on lcu. .: ully and th, oughout the world. No one of our churches cnn a<.;i.:01npli~h th1 ~ alone. w~ draw together to strengthen anJ ~harpc.n one another through n1utual cncou1 agcn1ent and cdi fi callon. A\ a fc llc>w~h1p we will 11npac1our ~late and the \.\ 1 url d for Chris t. ,. Philosophy I Approach How to do this? I. God's rncthod for gelling 111 \ work done has norn1al1 y been to lay a La~k on an indi vidual who will then provide leadership for others to follow. Everything docs seem to ri se and fall on leadership . In any group one pcr<.;on u uall y ri ses to leadership rcgardl c , · of titles or ~tructure of the group. It ~eems best to <:enter our church planting effo rt~ in one person who can de \ otc h1 \ ful l tirne and energy l o it. 2. This person will be known a~ Church Pl anting Coordinalor. He will be n1ore of a coach than a part icipant. He will fac1h late vari ous forn1s or church pl anting e fforts all a<:ro s Ohio. He hall be free to work with indi vidual churche ·. groups of churchc5. school . n1iss1on age ncies. etc.. in his c l"fort~. 3. This person n1u ~t be one who v.,·ork!\ happil y with the Stale Repre$Cnta tivc . He wi II be accountable first to the Reprc ·cntati vc and then Lo the Council of 12. The I ines of bo1h authority and c.:o rnn,unicati on would he from the Council of 12 to the State Reprc ·cntati vc to the C hurch Planting Coordinator. He would attend Council of J 2 meeting~ and provide regular reports Lo them. 4. This person will rccogni, e there are n1any ways to do church pl anting. Realit ies of culture , locale . personality and de ire enter into methodology u ed . Variety and tlcxibility n1u l mark the approach. What may work in one locale is no l guaranteed to work un ilateral ly Possibil icy. explorauon and experimenta– tion will mark this endeavor. 5. Thi per on will be ,viJling and able to develop a . tatcwide strategy for church planting including con Jderation --continued next page