Paul’s Church Planting Practice

How the apostle Paul established new churches:

PHASE #1: He proclaimed the gospel (Acts 14:19-21; 16:6-10; Rom. 15:17-19)

PHASE #2: He gathered the Christians together into community, strengthening them in their faith and appointing elders in every church to oversee the community (Acts 14:21-23; Titus 1:5)

PHASE #3: He continued the process of establishing the churches, both by letter and by visits, training key men to assist him in the establishing process (Acts 16:1-5; Phil. 2:19-30; Rom. 1:8-15; 16:25-27; 2 Cor. 1:12-2:13; 7:5-12; 1 Thess. 2:17-3:10)

PHASE #4: He used the churches as a base for taking the gospel to new frontiers, encouraging the churches to participate with him in the furtherance of the gospel (Phil. 1:3-7, 27-30; 4:10-20)

PHASE #5: He charged the key men he had trained to assist him in fully establishing the churches to find faithful men that they could train to carry on this task for the next generation (2 Tim 2:2)

-B.I.L.D. Ministries