Winter 2000 Archived Issues Vol. 1 Issue 1 Vol. It's easy to set out to plant a church and end up only taking a walk. If we attempt to start a new church and no one signs up, we have failed.
Church planting means reaching people.
Finding those people is called gathering . Finding people and leading them to Christian commitment expressed through your church is not easy. All these questions lead to the important, fascinating and controversial world of gathering. This section of our web site will attempt to provide questions, issues, insights and a few techniques for those interested in gathering people for a new church plant. Gathering can be an art and it can be a science, but it should always be a God thing.