Saturday  May 17

Midwest Church Planting

The recent history of Midwest Church Planting has been a remarkable example of God at work. Time after time, a vision is cast for an area of the Midwest in need of a solid church presence—and God has led.

Why Midwest Church Planting? Hear what our church planters say (video).

Gary Rohrmayer
Gary Rohrmayer, Director of Church Planting

Lyle Schaller wrote "Church Planting continues to be the most useful and productive component of any denominational church growth strategy."

Church planting over the last 6 years has changed the landscape of the Midwest Conference. We are expanding into new territories. We are recapturing older areas and we are saturating others with multiple churches. I am very proud to be a part of our emerging movement of new churches here in the Midwest.

Quick Facts about Midwest Church Planting

4
church planters in pre-natal phase
4
church plants have finished the XtremeSteps campaign
7
new churches planted by new churches
10
church planting coaches mobilized
17

new churches planted by Midwest churches
43

churches launched
55

church planters mobilized
131

average weekly attendance
205
average big Sunday attendance in our new churches
1,202
people baptized in our new churches, 2000-2006
6,781
impacted by our new churches in 2006
$2,890.41
average weekly offerings in our new churches
$807,507
reinvested by new churches in Midwest
$1,913,500
given in matching grants from Midwest

from Gary's report at the 2007 Annual Meeting

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