why start a new church?

The statistics regarding the church in America are staggering:

• 1500 new churches are started each year, but 3700 are closed.
• Not one county in the U.S. has even a 1% increase in church attendance.
• 65% of Americans have had no significant connection to any church.
• 80-85% of churches in America are plateaued or in decline.
• A church older than 10 years takes an average of 89 attendees to help one new person find Jesus while a church 0-3 years old takes only 3!

Church planting has been demonstrated as the single most effective method of helping new people get connected to Jesus and find life in him.