We see what we look for. From a spiritual perspective, if we care about reaching the lost and advancing the kingdom of God, we will look for ways to do that. Many people look around our state and think, “we have plenty of churches.” From a physical plant standpoint, there is an element of truth to this. Yet in reality, if every church (of all kinds) in West Virginia had 500 people in attendance every single week, we still could not accomodate everyone in our state. In the family of churches we serve, the average weekly attendance is 60 people. More importantly, there are so many people who are far from God and need to be reached with the good news. Any way you look at it, we have a long way to go.

We need to have a vision for planting. Understanding that it is biblical, it enagages new people, is effective for evangelism and discipleship, and is innovative in that it is not putting new wine in old wineskins.

We see what we look for so let’s look for ways to multiply the work and be effective in the mission of God.

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