New churches needed to combat 'evangelistic deficit'
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Why does the Southern Baptist Convention need to start even more churches than the 43,000-plus now on the books?
David Meacham, senior strategist for church planting with the North American Mission Board, says it's because Christian denominations -– especially the 16-million-member SBC -- regard planting new churches as the single most effective way to evangelize.
New churches, Meacham said, simply do a better job of reaching more people for Christ than long-established churches....