Why do we plant churches? 

There are lots of churches in Manchester. And lots of good churches. So why plant new ones? There are three basic reasons: The first is that you can't be a true community and keep growing.   Beyond a certain size,  you have to start a new one.   That's our call.   The second is that starting a new community  makes us open up our lives and relationships up to new people, often people new to church who might otherwise feel excluded.     The third is that new communities need new leaders, and we want to grow new leaders.   So we believe that in these small communities it's easier to share our lives and Jesus with one another and with our neighbours.  In short, it's our way of making disciples of Jesus. 

More information on why networks such as ours believe in planting multiple smallish churches can be found on our YouTube Channel and others at the top of our Resources section of our website, as below: www.antiochnetwork.org.uk/useful-resources