Does the New Testament present a clear theology of church planting? Should we categorize church planting under missiology or ecclesiology? Is church planting something that only concerns those who have a special gifting and place in their hearts for it, or should it be on the heart of pastors of established churches? Is there any practical insight in the New Testament into how to plant churches? In this talk, we consider these critical questions as we examine the theological-biblical basis for church planting. 

Note that this talk includes participants from the 2023-2024 Church Planting Movement Leaders YRM. More information about YRMs can be found at https://www.foclinitiatives.org/yrm.

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Dietrich Schindler (D.Min.) is a German-American church planting leader in Germany and beyond. In thirty-three years of ministry, he and his wife Jan have planted five churches in Germany, and are currently planting the sixth in Frankfurt among urban professionals (http://www.journey-church.de), Previously, Dietrich was the executive director of church planting for the German Evangelical Free Church denomination, pursuing the goal of planting 100 churches in ten years. He is currently a church planting consultant and speaker with the German Evangelical Free Church. He is the author of the books The Jesus Model: Planting Churches the Jesus Way, SHIFT: The Road to Level 5 Church Multiplication, and Profound: Twelve Questions that Will Grab your Heart and not Let Go. He has also generated a new life-based course for secular post-modern Europeans entitled “MyLife-Workshop” (www.mylifeworkshop.net). Dietrich and his wife Jan have three adult children and four wonderful grandsons.

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