There are so many churches coming (or have come to the area) that we (staff and fam) are getting really anxious to see what God is doing... or is Satan trying to divide and conquer what should be unity in the body? I welcome your thoughts. Here's the churches in our rough target area...
PLANTED OR REBIRTHED IN THE LAST 10 years
**The Park UMC (Hamilton Twn)
**Grace Presb. (Hamilton Twn)
**House of Praise (Morrow)
**Salt Run Community (Hamilton Twn)
**Crosspointe Community (Hamilton Twn)
**Northbridge (Little Miami High)
**Walls Down (coming soon)
**Little Miami Christian (coming soon)
**Family Life Church (houses?)
**New Episcopal church (Maineville/Hamilton Twn)
**Rivers Crossing (S. Lebanon)
**Grace Chapel (Morrow)
**House Church (Wedgwood/Hamilton Twn)
**AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE! The Orchard Church http://www.emergingorchard.org/
BESIDES THE NEWER CHURCHES, THERE ARE THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES
**ST. Philip
**Morrow UMC
**Maineville UMC
**Maineville Baptist
**Fellowship Baptist
**2 Baptist Churches in Morrow
**Morrow Church of God
**Maineville Church of Christ
**Morrow Church of Christ
**Kingspointe Church of God
**2 Baptist Churches in S. Lebanon
**There are 4-5 other church buildings that I know of that I'm not sure of names or if they still have services...
THAT MAKES 30 or so churches in our immediate area (that I know of). There have also been a few other plants (at least 3) that have begun and faded. What's all of this mean?
What is God doing?
What are we doing?
Why so many plants?
What are we bringing to the area different from the established churches?
What are the different plants bringing that are actually going to reach people different from all of the other plants?
And I don't mean just what makes the plants unique... which is part of it. But, what aspect of a relationship with Jesus is different? Not methods, music or program... how will those in the margins recognize each church as a part of Jesus and not just each church the splintered faction of a divided body?
PLEASE, comment below and tell me your thoughts...
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