Church planting and growth: resources, challenges and prospects

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the resources,challenges and prospects of planting and growing a Church with particular reference to the African context.Among other things,the paper argues that church planting(CP)and church growth(CG)are processes which require certain basic resources for fruition.In other words,the planting of a Church and its consequential growth do not just happen automatically; certain resources must be engaged for required results.In these processes,certain challenges are bound to surface.However,armed with the dynamics of the resources for planting and growth,the Church planter can overcome such challenges and maximise the prospects.