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  West Omaha Baptist Church held its first service in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, September 24, 2006. Fourteen adults attended the inaugural morning service, including two visitors from the area. With the assistance of a couple of sister churches, over 2,300 tracts were distributed in the area around the church in preparation for “Opening Day.” Four folks trusted Christ as their Saviour in the week before the first service. The church is currently meeting in a shopping plaza storefront which has additional rooms for the junior church and nursery. . . . |
 By Dr. Earl Jessup Baptist Church Planting Ministry Apple Valley, MN
One ministry that I don’t think I have ever seen listed in a church bulletin or paper sent out by a local church is that of church planting. I am sure there are some churches that do have it in their informational material but I really can’t think of any that list that ministry as a ministry of the local church. A “ministry” of the local church is one in which the church is actively involved on a regular basis. For example, we list “soul-winning” as a ministry of the church because we have a weekly time to go out and witness to the lost in the community. We list the “bus ministry” because we actively seek those who do not have a ride to church and we use that to get them into the church in order to share the gospel with them. We have a “deaf ministry” because we actively recruit the deaf in order to share the gospel with them. This is true of each ministry in our local churches as it should be. Some will argue that they have a “church planting” ministry because they support a church planter financially. However do we have a “soul-winning” ministry if we support a soul-winner but never go soul-winning? A ministry is something in which we are actively involved. |
I speak in many churches each year and get bulletins and newsletters from other churches in which I do not speak. Many times these churches list the ministries of the church in the bulletins for the church congregation and others to see. This is a good idea so that members can see ministries in which they can be involved. Some of these ministries include: soul-winning, nursery, music, deaf, tape, youth, bus, and various other ministries that are too numerous to mention here.