Church Planting
TEMPLE BAPTIST SEMINARY
A PLAN FOR CHURCH PLANTING IN BARREIRAS, BRAZIL
A CHURCH PLANTING PLAN
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF TEMPLE BAPTIST SEMINARY
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE
INTRODUCTION TO CHURCH PLANTING AND GROWTH (ICST 6423)
BY
Barron Mason
JULY 27, 2011
INTRODUCTION Beginning a new church-planting project is a task that requires much responsibility and effort. It is not a light-hearted venture. Nor is it a task that has a one-size-fits-all model or method. Each church plant has unique elements because it reaches unique people in unique places throughout the world. It is a humbling yet exhilarating experience to be called by God to this task of planting a church among a specific group of people. This paper will discuss the work of planting a church among the poor in the city of Barreiras, in the country of Brazil. Included in this paper are demographic data that influence the strategies and methods chosen for planting the church. Also included are various factors of strategy and methods to be implemented in this church-planting endeavor. May God be glorified in this work and may the local body of Christ in Barreiras, Brazil one day be a shining light that reaches people with the gospel of Christ and reproduces itself in other church plants throughout the region and the world.
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF BARREIRAS The city of Barreiras is situated in the Northeastern part of Brazil, in the state of Bahia. The region is a plains region where farmland is abundant. The climate of Barreiras is arid and hot. There is a rainy season from November to January. The rest of the year has little to no rainfall. Even though there is little rainfall during most of the year the region makes it’s living by agricultural farming and cattle farming. Some of the crops produced in the region include sugar cane, corn, soybeans, cotton, and coffee. Irrigation is used in most farms and is a
A PLAN FOR CHURCH PLANTING IN BARREIRAS, BRAZIL
A CHURCH PLANTING PLAN
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF TEMPLE BAPTIST SEMINARY
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE
INTRODUCTION TO CHURCH PLANTING AND GROWTH (ICST 6423)
BY
Barron Mason
JULY 27, 2011
INTRODUCTION Beginning a new church-planting project is a task that requires much responsibility and effort. It is not a light-hearted venture. Nor is it a task that has a one-size-fits-all model or method. Each church plant has unique elements because it reaches unique people in unique places throughout the world. It is a humbling yet exhilarating experience to be called by God to this task of planting a church among a specific group of people. This paper will discuss the work of planting a church among the poor in the city of Barreiras, in the country of Brazil. Included in this paper are demographic data that influence the strategies and methods chosen for planting the church. Also included are various factors of strategy and methods to be implemented in this church-planting endeavor. May God be glorified in this work and may the local body of Christ in Barreiras, Brazil one day be a shining light that reaches people with the gospel of Christ and reproduces itself in other church plants throughout the region and the world.
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF BARREIRAS The city of Barreiras is situated in the Northeastern part of Brazil, in the state of Bahia. The region is a plains region where farmland is abundant. The climate of Barreiras is arid and hot. There is a rainy season from November to January. The rest of the year has little to no rainfall. Even though there is little rainfall during most of the year the region makes it’s living by agricultural farming and cattle farming. Some of the crops produced in the region include sugar cane, corn, soybeans, cotton, and coffee. Irrigation is used in most farms and is a
Bibliography: IBGE Cidades@. http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/painel/painel.php?codmun=290320# (accessed July 24, 2011). Prefeiutra Municipal de Barreiras. Economia. http://www.barreiras.ba.gov.br/site/index.html (accessed July 24, 2011). Rainer, Thom S. The Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, and Principles. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1993. Sills, M. David. Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Publishers, 2010. Steffen, Tom A. Passing the Baton: Church Planting that Empowers. LaHabra, California: Center for Organizational and Ministry Development, 1997. Wikipedia. Barreiras. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barreiras (accessed July 24, 2011). ----------------------- [1] Prefeitura Municipal de Barreiras, “Economia,” http://www.barreiras.ba.gov.br/site/index.html (accessed July 24, 2011). [2] IBGE: Cidades@, http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/painel/painel.php?codmun=290320# (accessed July 24, 2011). [3] Wikipedia, “Barreiras,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barreiras (accessed July 24, 2011). [4] Thom S. Rainer, The Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, and Principles, (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1993), 183. [5] Tom A. Steffen, Passing the Baton: Church Planting that Empowers, (La Habra, California: Center for Organizational and Ministry Development, 1997), 78. [6] M. David Sills, Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience, (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2010), 99.