Some New People

There are few things more encouraging for a church planting team than adding in new people, particularly when those people are not part of a church at the moment.

At Christ Church Manchester, we are currently planting a church in Manchester City Centre (launches in January if you know anyone who is interested…) and we started gathering a group with a desire to reach into some of the artistic, creative and entrepreneurial communities that exist in our city. 

After only a few weeks of the group meeting, we received an email from a guy who was a creative entrepreneur who had been involved in a few start-ups and was looking for a community to be a part of in the City Centre. He hadn’t been going to church. We invited him along and he has been coming to our meetings ever since and is a key part of the group now.

Being able to reach and add people like this, even before launching publicly encourages the team, validates that there is an opportunity to reach into that community and clarifies exactly what it looks like to build a church that can reach the people you are going for. 

When you are gathering your team, don’t worry too much about everybody being on board, or even everybody believing. Take who you can get, welcome new people, and enjoy the first fruits of your ministry (of course, being wise about what particular responsibilities you give to each person on the team!)