Exponential: Ed Stetzer

Ed Stetzer is a church planting guru who spoke on the state of church planting in the U.S. and then interviewed a panel of pastors who lead reproducing churches.

• Churches of less than 200 are four times more likely to plant new churches than churches of more than 1000.
• Church planting is hard work and is made easier if you're part of a community of church planters.
• Church planting is the most effective form of evangelism.
• If you want to build multiplication into your DNA you have to put resources toward that.
• Bob Roberts--If you want to be effective at making reproducing churches you have to learn from the other side of the world where it's happening.
• Neil Cole--Complex things break down, simple things multiply. Your church is only as good as your disciples.
• Great preaching is one of the major obstacles to church planting because is makes church mostly about Sunday.
• Another obstacle to church planting is focusing on church instead of society and letting church grow out of that.