How Many Church Planters Is the Lord Raising Up? About One A Day!

By: Daniel Adkinson

It has been almost a year since Archbishop Duncan’s call to raise up 1,000 Anglican congregations and communities of faith during his 5 year ministry.  It has been remarkable to see what the Lord has done in this first year as Anglicans across North America have responded to that call. 

The Anglican Church in North America began with 703 congregations.  Now, there are 607 congregations plus 231 ministry partner congregations across the United States and Canada.  That is an increase of 135 Anglican congregations that have been added or planted in North America!  (Almost 40 of these are profiled on the Anglican 1000 website under the latest plants section.) 

While this is fantastic, there is still a lot of work to be done!  It is incredibly encouraging to see how many church planters the Lord is raising up!  Since the Anglican 1000 website went live about 6 months ago, we have been contacted by 142 individuals who say that they would like to become a planter!  Currently, we are averaging about one a day!  Please, be praying for these individuals and for us as we help them connect and begin the process of raising up a new congregation.  Also, as we see such interest in planting Anglican congregations, we are asking Anglican church leaders - rectors, bishops, network leaders, and others to begin looking around.  To start turning over every stone and see the leaders in their congregations and areas who they can identify, train, and deploy to plant new congregations.  We are asking these leaders to prayerfully and strategically work together to raise up new congregations in their regions and are excited to see the cooperation and eagerness all around North America for planting churches and reaching those who are lost!

If you are feeling called to this work as a church planter, a sending church, or as part of a strategic regional initiative, please contact us here.

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