CHURCH PLANTING
Millions of People are Spiritually Indifferent to the Gospel
Millions of people are far from God and regions are vastly under-churched in Greater New York. Research indicates that new churches are the best at reaching new generations and non church-goers. Although there are existing churches who are effectively reaching out to others, there are not enough of these churches. The NYCLC seeks to accelerate a movement of church planting by connecting leaders to training and funding opportunities to start new churches.
NYCLC Program
The Church Multiplication Alliance (CMA): The CMA is a partnership between the Redeemer Church Planting Center, The NYCLC, Concerts of Prayer Greater New York, 10 partnering denominations and the Churches of Greater New York. The purpose of the CMA is to promote and pursue strategic collaborations to sustain an effective church planting movement in metropolitan New York City...click here for more information
Why Plant Churches?
By Timothy Keller
The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for...click here to download article
An Engaged Leader
Jose Humphreys, Metro Hope Church - Harlem
As a member of Avenue of Hope’s church planting team on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Jose learned the importance of narrative in reaching out with the gospel to skeptics and intellectuals. While launching Metro Hope, a new church in East Harlem, Jose was introduced to the Redeemer Church Planting Center and the Church Multiplication Alliance (CMA). Jose learned how to craft the new church’s “gospel DNA” structure to welcome artists, intellectuals and professionals in an organic environment indicative of the East Harlem vibe. “Method questions can be found in a book,” says Jose. “The CMA gave me a language and a strategy on how to BE the church in our community.”