The Secret About Church Planting in Iowa

Chase Abner, Director of Send Network Iowa, opened the meeting by reminding the group that the “dirty secret” about church planting in Iowa is that it is actually about multiplying disciples and leaders. After Eric Trout, pastor of Restoration Church, shared a devotional about the importance of both laboring with and resting in Christ, the leaders spent time praying for one another’s greatest challenges in laboring and resting. The event concluded with churches participating in an exercise to help assess “return on investment” for their current strategies to make and multiply disciples.

The Send Network Iowa Quarterly is an event designed to help both established churches and church plants focus on the gospel and develop their ability to reach Iowa for Christ. The next Send Network Iowa Quarterly will be August 14 in Des Moines. Follow the BCI Newsletter for registration links in July.