1. What church do you pastor? What is the church’s mission?
New City Church in Macon, GA. The church’s mission is to see the Gospel transform everything within our reach – ourselves, our church, our city, and the world.
We understand that our church is more than a building, an organization, a man, or a service. We are a group of missionaries, a family of believers, a population of diverse individuals united by, striving for, and growing in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ is indeed transforming. Therefore, we believe that as we share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of our city, our city will be transformed and made new. It is the calling of new city church downtown to see our city transformed and made new!
2. What will you be teaching on at the Boot Camp?
Mission and Vision – Great Church / Great City in the “church planting from the ground up” track.
3. Why is this topic crucial in church planting?
The gospel exploded in the city of Jerusalem through the first church. Rome was turned upside down through the gospel’s advance. In fact, the entire world has been and is being transformed by the gospel. God’s mission is far bigger than your church – is yours?
4. What are the top 5 books you would recommend to church planters?
Tim Keller’s Gospel Christianity Study
George G. Hunter’s The Celtic Way of Evangelism
Kerrick Thomas and Nelson Searcy’s Launch: Starting a New Church From Scratch
Driscoll’s Radical Reformission
Newbigin’s The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
