What aids in the making of disicples and what hinders in making of disciples in planting new churches?

As you think about this question, how would you answer it with a theological and a missiological mindset?

How you answer may be shaped by your understanding of what it means to "make disciples" and what picture you have in mind for the "church"?

Paul did not start with a gathering or a building, etc.(Is this an aid or a hindrance as you think about it?) He actually began with evangelism, and often that was done in larger synagogues giving him a larger context for the preaching of the "Good News" (See Acts 13:5; 14:1; 17:1; 17; 18:4; 19:8). What hinders or aids the way we think about "doing" evangelism in places like Portland OR?

Finally, after "making a disciple" leaders like Paul formulated the believers into a gathering (Acts 2:46 tells us that the early believers gathered daily in Temples, House to House, etc. then taught them and established them in the faith, and then appointed Elders and Deacons (The plural implying some structure and potential size (See Acts 14:21-23). What aids and hindrances do you see in Paul's methods?

Ultimately, Paul was concerned with multiplication not just replication. What hinders us in the journey of multiplication of church plants? What aids us in the multiplication of new churches?

We would love to explore this question with you in Portland OR? Come sow the gospel and make disciples with us here! @sendportland #churchplanting #send #NAMB