Cross Cultural Church Planting in America Purposal
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
CROSS-CULTURAL CHURCH PLANTING TO REACH AMERICA
FROM THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE
A PAPER PURPOSAL
SUBMITTED TO DR. JONATHAN YEAGER
IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY II CHHI 525
BY
JONATHAN R CHAMBERS
WHITESBORO, TEXAS
March 7, 2014
Thesis Statement
In this paper we will endeavor to explain and show the purpose of the modern day church and to purpose a cross-cultural church planting strategy to reach our American culture with its wide variety of cultures, modernism, secularism and atheism while showing the planning that goes into the beginning stages of reaching the modern American culture with the Gospel of Jesus while explaining how the beginning of our church history can give us a path to reach our generation for Jesus.
Table of Contents
Thesis Statement………………………………………………………………………… 1
Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………. 2
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………. 3
Body……………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………… 10
Bibliography …………………………………………………………………………… 11
Introduction
Growing up in America, everyone was a Christian or proclaimed to be, yet in our day and age they are passing laws that allow satanic statues in front of courthouses, tearing down the Ten Commandments, and passing laws that allow people to buy drugs at will. More churches are closing down then staying open, our traditional denominations are dwindling and people are crying out for change. They are looking for our politicians to help, yet the only true help comes from the truth of our Savior. We in many ways are stuck to doing good works and punching our spiritual time clocks in hopes that this is all that will be required of us. We run from a fight in order to not offend someone and hope in the process we can lead them to Jesus. The culture around us is changing and becoming more
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
CROSS-CULTURAL CHURCH PLANTING TO REACH AMERICA
FROM THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE
A PAPER PURPOSAL
SUBMITTED TO DR. JONATHAN YEAGER
IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY II CHHI 525
BY
JONATHAN R CHAMBERS
WHITESBORO, TEXAS
March 7, 2014
Thesis Statement
In this paper we will endeavor to explain and show the purpose of the modern day church and to purpose a cross-cultural church planting strategy to reach our American culture with its wide variety of cultures, modernism, secularism and atheism while showing the planning that goes into the beginning stages of reaching the modern American culture with the Gospel of Jesus while explaining how the beginning of our church history can give us a path to reach our generation for Jesus.
Table of Contents
Thesis Statement………………………………………………………………………… 1
Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………. 2
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………. 3
Body……………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………… 10
Bibliography …………………………………………………………………………… 11
Introduction
Growing up in America, everyone was a Christian or proclaimed to be, yet in our day and age they are passing laws that allow satanic statues in front of courthouses, tearing down the Ten Commandments, and passing laws that allow people to buy drugs at will. More churches are closing down then staying open, our traditional denominations are dwindling and people are crying out for change. They are looking for our politicians to help, yet the only true help comes from the truth of our Savior. We in many ways are stuck to doing good works and punching our spiritual time clocks in hopes that this is all that will be required of us. We run from a fight in order to not offend someone and hope in the process we can lead them to Jesus. The culture around us is changing and becoming more
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