3 Reasons Why We Need to Reseed America with New Churches

1. The United States population is exploding.
In the past decade this country’s population has grown by over 20 million people. To keep up with our present population we need to plant 500 new churches per year. Meanwhile, our movement plants between 120 to 130 per year. Most of our major cities have few New Testament churches, yet the U.S. Census Bureau reports 80% of our population live in these metropolitan areas. A recent survey indicates that there are 1,200 cities in the USA with populations of 5,000 or more with no New Testament church within a 30-mile radius.

2. We are losing churches.
Congregations over the years tend to age and pastors retire, or they can no longer pastor due to health concerns. If a church is struggling and cannot find a new pastor, the church can decline and eventually close. To replace the churches we have lost, new ones must be planted. In addition to planting new churches, an all-out effort to restart our declining churches should be a priority. We need to plant hundreds of new churches, but we need to keep the doors of our existing churches open and functioning so they can carry out the Great Commission.

3. If we do not reach our nation now, then how can we continue to carry out the Great Commission in the future?
America has historically been the financial and personnel base for sending missionaries abroad. As the number of churches shrink, the labor force is drying up. If we fail to reseed our land with new churches, financial support for missionaries disappears. We must increase our missionary force by increasing our missionary force. Please pray that God will raise up many men in America to reach our nation with the Gospel by planting and reestablishing churches in our homeland.

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