 Right. Hi everyone. Welcome to a new semester. It's good to see quite a few familiar faces. So this semester is an interesting one. We're going to be talking about urban church planting. And the notes are available on the stream. So if you'd like, you can feel free to download those notes. Even as we continue to go through the entire course, you can track along with us. So even before we begin, let's start with a word of prayer. Let's just submit this entire course at the God's hand. Let's pray that God ministers to us even as we learn together. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this time. We thank you for this course that you have enabled us to study together a God. Even as we learn about urban church planting and various aspects in church planting a God, we pray God that you will empower us. You will guide us. We pray for your wisdom to lead us a God. No matter which sphere of influence we are in a God that we will be able to build your kingdom here on earth, the God. And we thank you for your word that has promised us that you will build your church on the gates of hell, shall not prevail against it. And Lord, we just submit each one of us, our students, and Lord, the entire study of this course under your hands. We thank you, Lord. We give you all the praise and glory. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. All right. So urban church planting, we're going to be talking about mostly urban churches. Again, before I start, if you have questions, feel free to just stop me. You can ask your questions or you can also post your questions in the chat. And we'll try and answer those questions as well. So urban church planting. Now, when we talk about church planting, I'm sure many of us may have different thoughts when it comes to church planting, because none of us have the same ideas. God has designed us in a way. We all have different ideas. The Holy Spirit is not limited to a certain idea. He can use different ideas, different strategies, different plans, and different people to build his church. But what we're going to do in this semester is we're going to talk about some guidelines that we can use when it comes to church planting. Now, some of us may be in cities, some of them, some of us may be in towns or even in villages where there's not much of the things that we're going to talk about, not much of urban life, but just a quick overview, right? 54% of the world's population right now is moving from a place of rural living into urban living, 54% of the world. That's more than half the world, half the population. So if you look at the growth that is happening across the entire globe, let me just take our nation of India for an example. So we've got more than 20% of villages becoming towns. How is that? Because what's happening is COVID, again, because of COVID, things going online has helped boost usage of internet. So you've got the regular farmers who know how to use the internet. You've got regular day-to-day vendors who know how to use, you know, go online, book cabs or book hotel rooms, they can do everything. Why? Because this whole thing of rural living has moved and things are getting into an urban setting. Life is changing, right? And predicted that over the next maybe or 10 years or more, this statistics is going to increase even more. So you may say, hey, I'm in a town. I can apply all these strategies to build a church. But one thing that we can understand is that, hey, towns are going to become cities. And look at this, for example, right? Five years down the line, we never knew that online, you know, we could attend online services and experience almost the same experience of being in a church, right? We never knew that we could have Zoom meetings across the entire globe. People can join from anywhere. You Zoom meetings, right? So we see that the world is getting urbanized and as a church, as a body of Christ, we must move along with what is happening around us. Right now, there are other reasons why people would also move from rural settings to urban settings. I'll just name a couple of them. One could be because of better living standards, right? Better facilities. Two could be better educational facilities, right? So you've got people who are, you know, who are studying, who want to come and study in better schools, better colleges, so they move, relocate, come to urban settings, right? And three is those who are working professionals, right? They have better opportunities, better doors, better pace, better, better, you know, everything is better in the urban sector, right? So we see that there's this constant transition from the rural to the urban, right? So even as we study this course, we're going to look at part one, we're going to look at the introduction on what is the dynamics of a church, right? Or the dynamics of urban settings. So I remember, I always say this, you know, I remember a teacher who used to say this, a good believer is one who holds God's word in one hand and God's word in another hand. So we must be able to maintain and strike a good balance, right? That we know what is happening around us, right? So we're talking about the Holy Spirit who's our leader, right? What is the objective of church planting? Then God's heart for cities, dynamics of urban settings, natural dynamics, spiritual dynamics. Now, I'm sure we all know that, you know, strategies that work in the cities and urban settings may not work in towns and villages. So we may need to, you know, tweak it accordingly. Then urban church planting and missions that we see in the book of Acts, right? So that will be section one, section two, practical aspects, section three will be spiritual aspects, right? So are we ready to start this course? Do you have any questions? Okay, so this course will be divided into two portions, like what we always do. Potion one will be for the midterm until where we cover. So you'll have a midterm test and then you'll have a final assessment towards the end of the semester. All right, so let's look at the introduction. So Pastor has just mentioned his personal journey of how he was able to pioneer all people's church and how it came about, right? So early 1980s, grade nine to grade 12, he was going to schools and colleges, preaching the gospel. In 1989 onwards, he was doing his bachelor's degree in a certain place called Manipal. There he started a Believer's Fellowship and that again grew to about 250. What started with about two or three grew very quickly. And in 1990 to 2000, he started the pioneer, the International Students Bible Study Fellowship, led in church planning teams in the English and Hispanic churches in New Jersey. And he also served in small churches. Then in 2001 was when APC as a church was planted, pioneered APC while he was still running his own business. Then served full time, started serving full time from 2014 with the church. So as a church, what did we do? We started off in the city. We started one church and slowly we were able to branch out. So right now, if you look at APC as an organization, we have in Bangalore, we have five churches, five English churches. And we call them North, South, East, and West is basically the directions. So North, South, East, West, and you have a central church. So if you've seen the recordings of our services, that's the main church. And out of that were planted these other churches and they all were pioneered over time. They were started over time. Then what happened was in 2005, we started our Bible college. And so students started coming and studying in the Bible college and they would go back to their hometowns and then they were encouraged to start churches in their settings. So in that way, we were able to start churches in Bangalore and across our nation. And looking forward, we're also looking to start churches. Many more churches, not only in Bangalore, but also in different states in our nation. And we're also coming up with world missions where we want to plant churches across the world. So that's something that we are constantly praying and thinking about as well. So much of what we have put in this book is things that we've learned over time. Some things did work, a lot of them work, a lot of them didn't work. So we put down all of it so that we can all learn together. So if anyone over here, those who are online here, you feel that, hey, I'm not called to start a church. I'm just a housewife or I'm just a working professional. I want to encourage you, these principles that we are learning can also be used for a life group setting, a small group setting. You can also start a prayer group and you can do small things. You never know how God can, I love that word, never despise meager beginnings. We may think it's very small, but God can do big things about it. So we can use these principles wherever we are, workplace, at home and God can continue to empower us to be a blessing to the body of Christ. So let's look at the beginning of this. Would you want me to present the notes? Would it be easier for you that way or is it okay this way? I hope you're able to track along with the notes. But let me know if you want me to present the notes, I can do that. Yeah, you can let me know anytime. So for now we'll just start with the Holy Spirit, our leader. Let's read Acts chapter one and verse eight. Acts one, verse eight. Yes, any one of us can read Acts chapter one and verse eight. Acts chapter one, verse eight. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. Thank you, Rosalind. So we have mentioned this many times. The Lord Jesus is doing an important work now. He's finished his task. He's done what God the Father has asked him to do. And he tells the 120 people who are waiting in the upper room. One verse eight and you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and then you will be my witnesses. Right? So the Holy Spirit is our leader. The Holy Spirit is our strength. The Holy Spirit, of course we learned the entire course and Holy Spirit is our guide. He will enable us to the task that we have. So when we talk about planting a ministry or pioneering a ministry, pioneering a small group or being an evangelist, whatever we want to do for God's kingdom. Remember, the Holy Spirit must be our leader. That which is born of the flesh will produce flesh. That which is born of the Spirit will produce spirit. Right? So Jesus is reminding the believers, see, you can do the church, you can build a church, you can start off. But for that, you've got to wait that the power of the Holy Spirit come upon you and only then you will be able to be a witness for God's kingdom. Right? So that's interesting. You and I, if God has put something in your heart, first go back to God. Get the foundations right. Go back, pray, ask the Holy Spirit how, when, where and he will speak to us. He will lead us over time. Now, the mistake that sometimes we may make is we may think, hey, you know, Holy Spirit is not saying anything. So I'll do whatever I want. I will start it off. Right? Or we may end up being in a hurry. That can cause confusion. That can cause a delay. Right? And so we don't want to do that. We want to be led by the Holy Spirit being sensitive to the Holy Spirit. Zechariah 4, 6 and 7. This is a wonderful verse. Let's read this verse. Zechariah 4 verse 6 through 7. Yes, go ahead. Anyone can read. Zechariah 4 verse 6 and 7. So he answered and said to me, this is the word of the Lord to Zechariah 4. Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit says the Lord, Lord of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain, before Zechariah 4? You shall become a plane and he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of grace, grace to it. Yes. Thank you. Thank you Rosalind. So we see here, it's very interesting when you read this, you know. See, Zerubbabel has a task. He's got to build a temple now. Right? And so God is speaking through the prophet Zechariah and he's saying, Zerubbabel is fearful being a king. He's saying, now if I build this temple again, the enemies are going to come and cause trouble. They're going to destroy it. They're going to destroy us. It's not going to happen. We cannot do it. So God speaks to the prophet Zerubbabel through Zechariah and says, Zerubbabel, it's not by might. It's not by power. It is by the Holy Spirit that you will build the temple. So did he go on to build it? Yes, he did. The God is very clearly saying it is not our might. It is not our strength. It is not our wisdom. It is not our talents. It is not our gifts. All these are channels that God can use. But it is by the Holy Spirit. So our first dependence on everything must be the Holy Spirit. Our dependence is on God and unless he builds our efforts will be in vain. Can you believe this? Imagine we start something of the flesh. God can make it grow. It can grow. You can start a church. It can grow. But imagine if it's of the flesh. What will happen? It will disintegrate. There will be no fruit. The Lord Jesus says, you shall be known by your fruit. Fruit is something that is long lasting. Psalms 127 and verse 1. It can open to John 15, 4 and 5 as well. Psalms 127 and verse 1. All right. Psalms 127 and verse 1. Okay, I'll read it. Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders build it in vain. This is such a powerful verse. Unless the Lord builds it. If we are trying to build something, we are building it in vain. Right? John 15, 4 and 5. Yes. Would anyone like to read that? Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot be a fruit of itself. Accept it. Abide in the wine. No more candy. Accept it. Abide in me. I am the wine. We are the branches. He that abide in me and I in him. The same brings forth much fruit. For without me, you can do nothing. Right. Thank you. So, Jesus here is saying, you abide in me. Rest in me. Because he ends that whole passage by saying, without me, you can do nothing. Right? That's a strong statement, right? Without me, you can do nothing. When you think about a church or you think about some ministry that you want to do. Jesus is saying, abide in me and I will abide in you. And when you abide in me, you will bear fruit. But if you don't abide in me, there will be no fruit. And without me, you cannot do anything. So, the picture painted is very clear. It is God who is the center. And it is God who decides. It is God who orchestrates and handles things in the church. Right? So, nowhere, you know, we may look at what is happening around us. There may be persecution. You know, the enemy can come, burn down churches. The persecution may increase. Things may happen. But who's in control? It is the Lord Jesus. Because without him, we can do nothing. First Corinthians, again, is a wonderful, wonderful example. He says, it talks about, it labour one's souls. Another man waters, another man reaps. But all increase comes from God. We labour, right? But the increase comes from God. Now, if you want to start a ministry, there are things that we have to do. Right? We have to go. We have to reach out to the people. We have to do the practical things that are involved. We have to labour. We have to labour in prayer. We have to ask God. We have to pray for the surrounding areas. We have to pray for the city, for the nation, pray for leaders, pray for families. We've got to do all the labouring. When we labour, God increases. God, all increase comes from God. We can never come to a place and say, because I prayed to us, that's why the church grew. Or because I prayed for... Did 21 days of fasting and prayers for the church grew? No. Right? It's very easy for us to say that. Because of my anointing, the church grew. No. God increases the church. We labour, God increases. Now, how he increases, it's up to him. But it's not like God is favouring. Okay, I'll give these people 20,000 and I'll give these people 200. It's not like God is favouring. And it's not that we are not labouring. He may be labouring. But that's what God has ordained for us. We'll be faithful in that. Eternal fruit can only be gathered by engaging in eternal means. Let's read 1 Corinthians 3, 12 through 15. 1 Corinthians 3, chapter 3 verse 12 through 15. 1 Corinthians 3 verse 12 through 15. Now, if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, every man's work shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he had built there upon, he shall receive that reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss. But he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire. Thank you, Javina. Now, the Apostle Paul is bringing a picture of the judgment seat of Christ when we will all stand in front of the judgment seat of Christ. And he says, he brings out this whole, he's like painting a picture to the believers. He's saying, you can build with gold, silver or precious stones. And this is what is building with, a building that comes from God. Then you got wood, hay and stubble. And he goes on to explain, and all of this will be tested by fire. So, precious stones, gold, silver, precious stones, doesn't lose its value, but wood, hay and stubble is going to burn down and ashes. So, basically, he's talking about eternal fruit. We can do many things. People may recognize us and say, oh, wow, you did a wonderful job. But if it is not done in eternal purposes, when God tests it by fire, it's going to be ashes. We'll not be rewarded for that. Right? Now, it does not mean that we don't, you know, use practical methods. We can't say, okay, Instagram is carnal method. God will test it by fire. It'll burn down. No. Right? So, there are different methods. We know that we are living in a time where digital marketing is definitely a place where we, as a church, we can reach out. Right? So, all of these are methods that we're going to use. Right? So, we have, like, as a church, we have Instagram, we have Facebook, we have YouTube, we have a church website, we have digital marketing platforms that we're also going to start new ones. So, there's so much that's happening. Now, then you've got, we've got other programs that we do, like worship evenings, we do fellowship lunch, or there's so many other things. Now, it doesn't mean that they are carnal. It doesn't mean they're, like, they're in trouble. Hey, it's nothing spiritual about it. No. So, we must understand that we are not depending on those methods for church growth. We are using the tools. We are using Instagram, Facebook, all of these, social media, and all the other methods. But we're not depending on it. Right? We are not depending on these for success. We are being good stewards of what God has given us. We are laboring. But we must also strike the balance that God, it is you who will build the church. I hope we are understanding this, right? Everyone with me? So, it's nothing wrong to use these mediums, or these, you know, these different methods of reaching out to people. The moment I think to myself, okay, Facebook or Instagram, oh man, why is nobody coming from here? Why, I spent so much money. I did digital promotions for six months. Nothing has happened. If I'm only thinking of that, then there's something wrong. Because I'm not depending on the Holy Spirit. Rather, our strategy should be God. We are going to do this, right? We are going to post probably an event on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. Lord, we are going to do a worship evening. Lord, you let this to reach people. And Holy Spirit, you speak to people's heart that they would, and you will bring them at come. Now, this is, this would be the right way to deal with it. So, you're using the tools. You're using technology. You're using everything natural means. But your dependence is on the Holy Spirit, right? So, recently, just share this. Recently, we had a worship evening in one of our church locations. And we did newspaper inserts. About, I think it was 3,000 newspaper inserts. So, the worship evening, you know, the details would go into newspapers, which reaches the apartments of about 3,000 odd houses. Right? Now, during the worship evening, nobody, none of them came who had received the newspaper inserts. It went to 3,000. It was not like 1,000 people came out of the 3,000. No. But what happened was, it's not like we used carnal methods. We prayed. But what happened was, there was two, three couples who came to church. They said we received these invites. So, they came with the invitation. They came to church. They were very happy. They said, okay, we were the thing. Also, they got to know that the church is close by. So, was it a carnal method? No. We did what we had to do. We prayed God, the Holy Spirit led people to come. So, it requires wisdom to take a city. It requires wisdom. Let's read Proverbs 21, 22. Proverbs 21 and 22. Go ahead. Anyone can read? Proverbs 21 and 22. A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the trusted stronghold. A wise man brings down, says a wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the strongholds in that place. So, when you and I are, God is calling us to minister to a certain city or to pioneer a ministry. We need the wisdom of God. The wisdom of God will enable us to make the right decisions in the right way. Especially now with all that is happening around us, especially in our nation, the nation of India, where we have the anti-conversion bill. We have things coming up. There's a lot of persecution, different places, different states of our nation. And we are a minority in our nation. So, we need the wisdom of God to reach a city. We cannot do it through carnal means. Because the carnal methods can only take us to a certain place. And then what is going to happen is we will tire out, we will stress ourselves, we will get burnt out. Meaning we will get so tired, we become weary, and we are not seeing results. We say, God, what is happening? It's a natural thing, right? Because it worked so hard, and we don't see results. But when we work hard, trust in God, depend on the Holy Spirit. You're free. You're not in a place of, you know, because I didn't do this or I didn't do that. That's why the church is this way. You're free. You're free to serve the people. You're free to minister to the people. Right? So, just a question here. What are some of the challenges we struggle with in learning to do both listen and depend on the Holy Spirit? What are some of the challenges as well as research, observe, strategize, and with wisdom, execute a church plant or a ministry? So, maybe I'll just leave this time open. What are some of the challenges we struggle in terms of listening and depending on the Holy Spirit? Maybe one or two of you can share your thoughts. What are some of the challenges you face? Now, it's not to, you know, embarrass you or to make fun of it, but it is just so that we can all learn together. So, maybe two of you can share. Then I can share one aspect as well. Anyone would like to share? What are some of the challenges you faced when it comes to learning to do both listen and depend on the Holy Spirit? Okay. Subashish says a hectic schedule. Yes. Very true. Hectic schedule where you don't have time to just wait upon the Lord. It may take hours and hours or months, years together. Then we got our work that we have to do. A hectic schedule. Anyone else would like to share? Challenges in learning to do both listening and depending on the Holy Spirit as well as research, observe, strategize and with Wisdom Initiative Church Plan. Okay. Jeffy says when you listen to others' judgment on how you handle the ministry, can you just explain how do you feel that? I think sometimes we listen to people we kind of want them to love how we do the ministry and want them to understand that we are doing it for God. I have seen not every time people gets it. Sometimes they feel like we are doing something wrong but we are kind of sure we are listening to the Holy Spirit, we are kind of sure. Like how the Bible says the way doesn't look like highway sometimes it's a good path and not everyone will like a good path. So I felt it even though I feel like this is the right choice. I'm doing it for God. Some people just don't accept it. They feel like you could have it better, you could have it the other way. You have these talents, you have these opportunities but I think God doesn't want a grand way always. He just wants us to obey even if it's little. So when we listen to them we sometimes struggle to listen to the Holy Spirit. That's what I felt. Yes, that's so true. When we listen to others' opinions it basically overpowers the voice or the leading of the Holy Spirit. Thank you. John says so many opinions around yes. There's also the opinions where there are good opinions, there are good advice as well and then there is the opinions that can either encourage or discourage. That's good. When we try to do everything oh yes, so true. We try to do everything ourselves. Very true. Maybe I'll share one and it's still open to others. I think one of the challenges for me was being in a hurry not waiting at the right time. Just being in a hurry. I said, God, okay you put this in my heart. I know it's the Lord but I didn't discern the timing. I know it's God. I know that God has spoken to me. I know that he's giving me the push but I didn't hear from him when. I know the how. He has ministered he has spoken to me but I don't know when so I've done it in a hurry and it led to there were challenges because of that. Sometimes it's also God speaks but you've got to understand how to read God's timing, read God's clock and know how to read his calendar as well. That was one of the challenges that I had struggled with. Comparing and feeling you're not doing it, oh comparing yes, comparing also yes. Right. When your ministry for God becomes a priority than having a relationship with God. Yes, very true. Now how many of us have gone through this? When your ministry for God becomes a priority than having a relationship with God. It leads us to a place of self. Right. And now sometimes we may feel okay this I'm doing ministry for God. I'm doing God's work. I'm doing God's ministry but then we're not able to spend time with God to hear about the ministry. Now for example you know somebody wants to start a church. So when we start off we are always praying, we're always seeking God, we're seeking his guidance and then the church grows, the ministry grows and then there are a lot of you know a lot of people have joined the church, then the workload increases as pastors or leaders you become busy and we sometimes you know we compromise I would say by saying that okay, if since I'm doing ministry for God, I don't have to spend two hours in God's presence. It's counted, it comes under that bracket. Or a counseling session may come under the bracket of ministry. Yes it's true but when the priority is ministry and not a relationship it will cause damages right. So God what will happen is we may end up taking the wrong step and Rosalind says when we are not being supported by our elders and our pastors right it can overpower us, our mind gets confused we feel why is this happening so yeah, all answers are true, all answers and though the learning is that you and I as believers we must learn to both listen and depend on the Holy Spirit right. So anyone else would like to share or should we just go to the next portion and then we have a good term okay, let's go to the next portion definition and objectives of church planting. Now, Matthew 28 18 through 20 common, common verse let's read that, Matthew 28 18 through 20 this is the last words of the Lord Jesus before He ascended into heaven Matthew 28 18 to 20 and Jesus came and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even to the end of the age. Amen Thank you Rosalind. So it says here that then Jesus came to them and said all authority on heaven and on earth has been given to me. So you go and preach the gospel baptize in the name of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit and be obedient to the Holy Spirit. So the Lord Jesus is giving the great commission to make disciples of all nations and so that is what the church is. The church is very less a building and I'm sure all of us know this. It's not a physical structure but you and I are the church when we see in the book of Acts we see how the church unfolds right when God gives a great commission it is so wonderful to see the establishing of community of believers the book of Acts if we see the first sermon preached by Peter right Peter preaches the first sermon Acts chapter 2 he addresses the crowd and then there was 3,000 people who were added to the church so they became a community of believers right and what happened it was a church plant at that moment the church in Jerusalem and in villages, towns and cities they went proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ so the church is meant it is a community of believers that are in one heart, in one mind and here it says that they went out proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ it was in these self-sustaining communities of believers that that disciples disciples were nurtured and equipped to make more disciples that's what happened and you see in the book of Acts the church 3,000 was added into the church in Jerusalem persecution arose people went across different places some went into Sumeria, some went into Antioch, in Antioch the church was started again a church that was started there were believers added to the church so apostles there were great miracles happening in the church again from there Paul and Barnabas go there, minister there from there they sent out apostles to different places and you see the church, the community of believers just going out reaching out starting new churches so a church plant is the establishing of a self-sustaining community of believers who are growing together as disciples of Christ a self-sustaining community of believers that's what a church is it could be 2, it could be 3, it could be 5,000 but it's a church a self-sustaining community of believers who are growing together as disciples of Jesus Christ hosting God's presence influencing their city so others may come to know about Jesus and be nurtured as disciples that is what the church is so when we look at church planting this should be in our mind it should not be okay I wish all this is part and parcel the main intention should not be okay one day I will have a vision it's good to think big but that is not the focus one day I will have a stage with stage lights and this whole band on the stage and I will be preaching 10,000 people sitting that's good not against it but what does it say here a church is a self-sustaining community of believers for what for growing and discipling each other in the Lord to be to influence their city to influence their region and to nurture people from being just believers mature from being babies in Christ to making them mature in Christ what does it mean to be self-sustaining self-sustaining is basically involves leadership in the church leadership is important imagine a church with no leader what will happen is chaos to make one decision 10 people should come now all 10 people will have all 10 different opinions when will the decision be made a leadership is important strong leadership 2. self-sustaining church is a church that is able to sustain itself financially I want to say this a church we are doing God's work we need money obviously we cannot do ministry without money we need money for everything and financially God will bring us to a place initially if it's a church plan obviously we cannot do big things we cannot think of big things but as we are growing we become a self-sustaining body of Christ and then we become a community now it takes time for a community of believers that is a church plan to become self-sustaining but we must work towards it so for example you start a church you start a ministry let's say you start a church this church is 5 people the vision should be one day in this church I will have good leaders who can lead different areas of ministry two one day we will have funds to support ourselves to do various events, conferences and to reach out to people across our city and our nation three is we will be a community we will be there for one another to support and strengthen one another now all of these three things may take time it may take 2 years it may take 5 years but again it depends on the pioneer it depends on how we as pioneers are leading the ministry are we raising up the right leaders are we showing integrity in our finances are we building a community a sense of oneness among the church so all of this depends on the pioneer that's you and I we are leading the church what are the objectives let me just close quickly some of the objectives of planting local churches is to establish and host the presence of God to disciple new believers influence the region and multiply and grow to become more and more churches to be established right so we've completed chapter 1 and 2 today as we go forward it starts getting more interesting we'll dive deep into the other aspects in church planting so we'll stop here and we will catch up I think our next class we have 2 hours in the week for urban church planting so I think we'll catch up for the next class and start off with chapter 4 which is God's heart for the cities thank you so much have a great day ahead God bless you all so if you have any questions as well we can answer that next week thank you, God bless thank you God bless