{"id":117,"date":"2007-11-27T18:14:14","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T01:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/are-you-one-of-the-brightest-and-best-plant-a-church\/"},"modified":"2013-05-31T18:28:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T02:28:51","slug":"are-you-one-of-the-brightest-and-best-plant-a-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/are-you-one-of-the-brightest-and-best-plant-a-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you one of the brightest and best? Plant a church!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church planting is just starting to pick up steam.<\/p>\n

Here is an article about modern church planting from The Leadership Network:<\/p>\n

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Average number of baptisms or conversions in a church plant is 10 the first year, 11 the second year, 13 the third year and 14 the fourth year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Church planting in the United States appears to be undergoing an extreme makeover.<\/p>\n

According to the findings of a new research study, interest in church planting is on the rise, some of America\u2019s best and brightest ministry leaders choose planting as their career path and church planting efforts are much more successful and promising than anticipated.<\/p>\n

Read the rest of this article on church planting here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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According to the findings of a new research study, interest in church planting is on the rise, some of America\u2019s best and brightest ministry leaders choose planting as their career path and church planting efforts are much more successful and promising than anticipated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-discipleship","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nAre you one of the brightest and best? 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