“Why is FEC planting churches?” That was the question a friend asked me recently. He quickly followed up that question with a second: “What’s your method?” My answer to the first question was pretty simple: FEC believes that lost people matter, and we want to introduce Christ to as many of them as we can. We’ve learned that many times the best way to make that introduction is through a new church, especially in places where people may never have heard the Gospel message. My answer to the second? Not so simple. Of course, we follow best practices in finding the right person in the right place with the right plan. (Thanks, Jay Nickless!) But the bottom line is this: we lead with the Gospel and let each plant make sense in its local context. Because truly, in church planting, no one size fits all!
by Nate Zimmerman, FEC administrative director
