The Northeast is the most unchurched region of our nation and now rivals post-Christian Europe.
According to the U. S. Religious Landscape Survey of 2008 released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, less than 5% of the population in the Northeast is connected to an evangelical church. What's just as disturbing is that for decades, most Christian organizations and para-church ministries have stayed clear of the northeast deeming it a spiritual wasteland, not worth investing time and resources. It's time to stop looking at the spiritual deadness in the Northeast and start looking to the God who will transform it!
That's why we are launching the SENT NE Multiplication Church Planting Network! Our vision is to strategically saturate the Northeast with new churches that will possess the vision and the training to plant new churches. Our goal is to foster a movement of a minimum of 20 new churches by 2020 which will grow to over 100 churches by 2030.
To make God's dream a reality, we must develop strong partnerships. The SENT NE Network is the most essential partnership as we go forth because together, a network of churches sharing the same vision while possessing similar Missional DNA will be much more capable of making God's dream a reality. For the same reason, we are also partnering with the Eastern Regional Conference Churches of God in their 2020 Church Planting Initiative. http://www.2020churchplanting.com
Just as importantly, we need to partner with people like you! In history past, the great movements for Jesus and His Kingdom were not great because of networks or denominations. While they supply structure and support, it's ordinary people like you and I that God used to advance His Kingdom. So, we need your help.
You can partner with us in several different ways. First, sign up to follow our Blog. That way you can stay informed. Second, share our Blog with others that you know would would be interested in our movement. Third, become a SENT NE prayer partner. You can do that by simply emailing me at mike@lifequestcc.com and type: add me to the SENT NE prayer partners. Next, You can financially support our network by simply checking out the advertising links. The network receives income from each link that is clicked.
Finally, if you have a desire to learn more about planting a church in our network, feel free to email me as well at Mike@lifequestcc.com. Give me your contact information and I will get back to you.
Thanks for reading my our blog. Right now my goal is to blog at least on a weekly basis. So until next time, be blessed!
Mike
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Welcome To The SENT NE Church Planting Network
This is the official blog for the SENT NE Multiplication Church Planting Network which will officially launch January 3, 2011. Our mission is simple:
The SENT NE Multiplication Church Planting Network exists as a movement of churches who believe that together we can be exponentially effective in our mission of reaching lost people in the Northeast by planting new churches, and by supporting existing churches.
As we move forward in the launch, this blog will keep you up to date on the latest developments as well as provide a greater understanding about our church planting movement.
For now, let me introduce myself. My name is Michael Smith, not Michael W. Smith, but Michael S. Smith. The great Christian music artist Michael W. is a distant relative dating back to Adam & Eve. As the Director of the network, I have the awesome privilege of leading a movement of churches that will have a growing impact upon the Northeast USA.
I have been in ministry for over 20 years and have pastored both mid size and large churches. I am currently Lead Pastor of LifeQuest Community Church in Whitman, Massachusetts which my wife Brenda & I planted in 2002. I am also Northeast Field Director of Church Planting for the Eastern Regional Conference Churches of God, in a partnership with in the 2020Church Planting Initiative http://www.2020churchplanting.com/ . For the Northeast, our vision is to plant no less than 20 churches by 2020.
In the months to come we will be rolling out an exciting and informative website. In the meantime, you are invited to follow us on this blog.
Blessings!
Mike
The SENT NE Multiplication Church Planting Network exists as a movement of churches who believe that together we can be exponentially effective in our mission of reaching lost people in the Northeast by planting new churches, and by supporting existing churches.
As we move forward in the launch, this blog will keep you up to date on the latest developments as well as provide a greater understanding about our church planting movement.
For now, let me introduce myself. My name is Michael Smith, not Michael W. Smith, but Michael S. Smith. The great Christian music artist Michael W. is a distant relative dating back to Adam & Eve. As the Director of the network, I have the awesome privilege of leading a movement of churches that will have a growing impact upon the Northeast USA.
I have been in ministry for over 20 years and have pastored both mid size and large churches. I am currently Lead Pastor of LifeQuest Community Church in Whitman, Massachusetts which my wife Brenda & I planted in 2002. I am also Northeast Field Director of Church Planting for the Eastern Regional Conference Churches of God, in a partnership with in the 2020Church Planting Initiative http://www.2020churchplanting.com/ . For the Northeast, our vision is to plant no less than 20 churches by 2020.
In the months to come we will be rolling out an exciting and informative website. In the meantime, you are invited to follow us on this blog.
Blessings!
Mike
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