Why plant churches?
Because it's working.
New churches are reaching new people with the gospel.
Church planting in Australia is working.
It is mobilising groups of people to reach people who haven’t previously been reached. We’re talking about on average 1 convert per 12 members of church.
Church plants are per head having a bigger impact than established churches.
Andrew Heard
Reach Australia founder
Andrew Heard
Reach Australia founder
From the stats we’ve collected in the network, we can see that God has saved over 1,500 new people into his kingdom. That’s over 1,500 first time or recommitments to Jesus in church plants across the Reach Australia network in Australia.
New churches reach new people
James
Chapel Hill, Sydney
“I feel like I am truly alive and I now understand that there’s more to life than I understood before. God and Chapel Hill have given me what I thought I had but in reality, lacked. They’ve given me closure, comfort, love and happiness. Here, I have found more than faith, I’ve found another family.”
Bec
Trinity Grove, Adelaide
“I first came to know about God and Jesus through a friend inviting me along to church. I didn’t really know what to expect at first, but we I arrived, I found everyone so welcoming and I listened to the word of God for the first time. I kept coming along and just this past week have given my life to Christ.”
Christopher
Providence Church, Brisbane
“Providence is my first church! It’s where I first heard God’s Word and it really affected my life. Through Providence, I became a Christian and got baptised! I absolutely love Providence because everyone here is family to me, and it’s a place where I can learn and grow from God’s Word.”
There is an urgent need
for more churches
About 5% of Australia knows Jesus and loves him. That leaves 95% of Australia (around 23 million people) without hope
On average there is 1 new Christian per 12 members at a church plant
New churches are 5 times more effective than established churches at reaching people with the gospel
New churches are incubators for new models of evangelism and ministry
There is an urgent need
for more churches
About 5% of Australia knows Jesus and loves him. That leaves 95% of Australia (around 23 million people) without hope
On average there is 1 new Christian per 12 members at a church plant
New churches are 5 times more effective than established churches at reaching people with the gospel
New churches are incubators for new models of evangelism and ministry
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Learn more
about church planting
Church Planting Australia podcast
25 episodes walking you through the nuts and bolts of how to plant healthy, evangelistic and multiplying churches.
The state of church planting in Australia
Ed Stetzer on the challenges of post-COVID church planting.
The Australian Church Planting Report
The latest data available on church planting and its comparative success.
200 more church plants
We’ve helped over 100 plants get started. What have we learned?
Popular reasons for not planting churches
David McDonald talks about the barriers of complacency and fear.
Planting a church as a couple
Andrew and Cathie Heard planted EV Church on the Central Coast. Hear their story.
