by Jason Robertson
Most of the time when church planters are first thinking about “how to plant a church” they begin by studying all the different models of church planting. They read many books and go to many seminars looking for which model seems most relevant to their demographic. From there, the church planter will begin to design his philosophy of ministry, the style of worship to be used, and the theological message he wishes to communicate.
But I believe that one’s theology will dictate one’s church model, not the other way around. Tim Keller is right, in the clip above, that everything we do in church planting is based on our theology. Theology guides your “doing church.”
Tweet
Jason Robertson is a husband and a father and a pastor. He is dedicated to leading and equipping his the Church with God’s word and biblical theology for life ministry, using a combination of pastoral, church planting and evangelism experience. He holds a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is experienced in church planting, evangelism, missions, and the training of pastors and Bible teachers.
Jason has been preaching the gospel since 1985, serving the first ten years of ministry as a Southern Baptist itinerant evangelist out of Milldale Baptist Church in Zachary, LA which ordained him in 1993. He has preached in hundreds of churches in over 30 States and 4 countries. He planted churches in Siberia, Russia in the summers of 1993 and 1994. He founded Murrieta Valley Church in California, which he planted in cooperation with the SBC NAMB in 2001. He also teaches ministry students at California Baptist University.
You can hear his sermons and read his manuscripts on sermonaudio.com. Just follow the link to "sermons" at the top of this page.
Boy, knowing your theology anytime is so crucial! Mankind loves to make up laws and works for his own self-righteous comfort.
good video. it’s right on.
-glenn