Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

302 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 2

standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel , and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. 2. Definition of the pair : We must strive to see that both fervent, ongoing intercession and careful missionary strategy are necessary to create and sustain urban church planting movements. 3. Description of the problem : The tendency to focus either on the invisible spiritual warfare that underlies the mission of the Gospel in the city as the only real work of ministry or envision as primary the planning, execution, and review of missionary strategies, models, and projects. 4. Deepening our perspective and practice : We must recognize the universal need for concentrated, massive, fervent intercession and the role it plays in church planting movements, while, at the same time, setting clear purposes, objectives, and goals, setting priorities, determining projects, and executing strategies with a real penchant to review and evaluate our efforts for results. G. Complimentary Concept Seven : Personal care giving in spiritual parenting alongside standardized formal instruction in the basics of the faith 1. Key text : 1 Cor. 15.1-5 – Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you – unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received : that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 2. Definition of the pair : We must strive to see that individuals are provided for with the kind of personal, tender loving care that only a spiritual parent can provide, while at the same time, develop standardized reproducible instructional guides and processes that allow for efficient and dynamic replication.