Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

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lasting spiritual fruit. The second problem is that the church planter needs a praying community to provide encouragement. If the planter is a loner, long term survival is doubtful. 76 Commissioning assures church planters of God’s confirmation and the Body’s support as they embark on the adventure of planting a new church in the inner city.

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76 Shenk and Stutzman, p. 34