So, You Want to Start a Church?

If so, there are some things that you should think and pray about before you get serious about all of this.

Why are you thinking about starting a church? It is becoming more common for churches to start in our association because the congregation to which people once belonged took a vote to leave, but didn’t meet the required 2/3’s vote to do so as a congregation.  Those who voted to leave tend to leave the church to form another.

You are to be commended for engaging the battle for the authority of God’s Word.  Many of us in LCMC have been a part of that same process and have been hurt.  Some of us have become disillusioned with the “church” and frustrated by a leadership that seemed unresponsive to such clearly commanded directives.  Some of us are exhausted from the ordeal.

It is good for us to take some time to heal from a time of struggle, to spend time in prayer, in worship and in reflection.  It is very important that we come to terms with our loss, and begin working toward forgiveness and healing.

But at this point you have to ask, if the Lord has called us out of a situation, then to what have we been called?

Jesus’ call is always for a purpose.

What follows is a very simple outline of some of the steps that would be necessary to follow...