Posted by sneezydog on March 18, 2002 at 13:09:48:
It's a God thing' when nothing else can explain it - But God has surprised and challenged the modern mission movement with his passion for the lost, just as he surprised the early apostles who ended up evangelizing much of the Roman world. Where believers follow the New Testament pattern found in the Book of Acts, church planting movements are beginning to flower in seemingly rock-hard soil. As powerful and exciting as it may be, however, a church planting movement "is not an end in itself," cautions David Garrison of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. "The end of all our efforts is for God to be glorified."