Church Plant or Church Reformation?

Church Plant or Church Reformation? Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/church-plant-or-church-reformation\/#arve-youtube-akgs3en7wqi656f3ccccd4af820458544","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AKGs3en7WQI?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Relationship Principles For Older and Younger Men In Ministry","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STP-S222-EP06-Church-Plant-or-Church-Reformation.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-11-10","description":"Relationship Principles For Older and Younger Men In Ministry This topic is addressed by Dr. Richard Caldwell on the Straight Truth Podcast"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Related Messages Both church planting and church reformation/revitalization are necessary. The Apostle Paul was both a missionary church planter and a pastor. His character, faithfulness, and love are displayed and evidenced in all the letters he wrote to the churches. But, the letters to the Corinthians give us perspectives we find nowhere else. What he writes to the Corinthians is helpful as we think about church planting and church reformation. Consider listening to the sample of sermons we’ve selected from those Dr. Caldwell has exposited from the book of 1 Corinthians.   What's Wrong With Corinth? Keys To Church Unity How The Gospel Is To Be Proclaimed Christian Decision Making Relational Exhortations Lessons Of Love Church Plant or Church Reformation? Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/church-plant-or-church-reformation\/#arve-vimeo-758084084656f3cccce8b2824943664","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/758084084?h=ad98f8d2fb&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"Relationship Principles For Older and Younger Men In Ministry","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/STP-S222-EP06-Church-Plant-or-Church-Reformation.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-11-10","description":"Relationship Principles For Older and Younger Men In Ministry"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify Church Plant or Church Reformation? This week on the Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Richard Caldwell and Dr. Josh Philpot discuss the topics of church planting and church reforming. While both actions share the same goal of a God-glorifying church being established where it does not exist, there are crucial differences. Both have pros and cons, and both will have their challenges and advantages. Church planting involves beginning a new church in an area that needs a healthy church. Church reformation or revitalization is the process of restoring healthy spiritual life to a declining or failing church. Dr. Caldwell has been involved in church planting and bringing reformation to an existing church body. Having participated in both of these, Dr. Philpot asks him to share some strengths and weaknesses of each approach. Dr. Caldwell shares that the beauty of a church plant is that there is no need to overcome a long history of tradition. This is the opposite of bringing reform to an existing body of believers. A church with long-standing traditions is a challenge calling for a lot of patience as you deal with a settled congregation that has been in place for a long time. That congregation deserves respect because they have been around for some time. They have fought the battles and all the rest that explains their existence. But if their history has not been as biblically and spiritually healthy as it should be, bringing change can be like trying to turn a ship without a rudder.