Over the past several months I have had the opportunity to collaborate with John M. Bailey of NAMB on creating a church planting center (CPC) here in northeast Ohio.  What exactly is a CPC? Church Planting Centers are an environment where multiple diciples are intentionally selected, developed, and sent to make disciples which results in new churches.  CPC’s can be a church, a church planting school, a seminary, or a organization that has a vision for church planting.

The CPC we are working on developing here in our region will be called PlantOhio (www.plantohio.net)and will focus deliberately on the town and country areas of northeast Ohio. These areas have not necessarily been neglected when it comes to church planting, but they have not had any momentum to propel them forward. We will be looking to start house churches as well as more traditional church plants. We will enlist, train, resource, and deploy church planters all across this region over years to come.

In the coming weeks I will be focusing 100% of my energy into PlantOhio as we seek God for church planters, church partners, and persons of peace who are praying for new churches in one of two dozen communities.  Working with us on this project is George Bannister of Steel Valley Association, Kevin Litchfield of Cleveland Hope, Gary Odom of State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, and John M. Bailey of NAMB.

Keep us in your prayers!