Top 10 Reasons To Join A Church Plant

Earlier this year I wrote a post that received a lot of attention, Top 10 Reasons Not to Join a Church Plant. That post has significantly helped and protected our 44-day-old church plant.

In the same spirit, I now offer you my Top 10 Reasons to Join a Church Plant:

1. If you want to see Jesus do something new—if you’re sick of the status quo, join a church plant.

2. If you dream of being part of something bigger than yourself, join a church plant.

3. If you want to get into a fight—enter a battle—for the kingdom of Christ, join a church plant.

4. If you feel a constant itch to see people who don’t know Jesus come to know Jesus and you believe church planting is the best way for the gospel to advance, join a church plant.

5. If you want to give your time, money, energy, and talents to starting something new—if you want to make sacrifices in order for a mission to succeed, join a church plant.

6. If you fully support the vision, mission, doctrine, and leadership of a church plant, join a church plant.

7. If you want your faith to grow and you want God to fundamentally meddle with and change your life, join a church plant.

8. If you want to love your city, join a church plant.

9. If you want to watch God move in ways you never imagined—if you want an adventure (with all it’s discomfort and risk), join a church plant.

10. If you’re not afraid to bank your life on Matthew 16:18 (“I [Jesus] will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”), join a church plant.

PS. Credit goes to three members of Garden City Church—Danielle Vargas, Ian Hagerman, and Paul Nunez—who gave me some of the ideas for this list.