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"I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

(Mt 16:18-19)

At Mission Anabaino, we believe that during His ascension ministry today, Christ has an address at every place where there is an apostolic, Christ-centered church. Mission Anabaino consist of a growing number of affiliate churches and partners wherein MA is gathering, energizing, deploying, and focusing our resources into a collaborative effort to plant churches where Christ’s saving presence is not readily accessible especially targeting post-christendom places.

For a summary of the practical and biblical justification for this, you may read Preston Graham's short paper, Why Plant Churches as a Missionary Strategy?

In short:

Christ tells us that the Church is the epicenter of the Kingdom of God!
By its very nature -- as the mediatorial presence of Christ -- the Church IS mission!
The Church is an essential element of the gospel -- outside of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation.

Our Task Involves

The De-construction of the Modernist/Christendom bound church assumptions, the Re-construction of the apostolic church first principles and the Re-Formation of Total Christ churches deployed into missionary encounters within post-Christendom contexts

Our Immediate Mission Goal Is

To initiate Two Total Christ Churches In Two “Post-Christendom” Contexts in One Year

Our Immediate Coaching Goal Is to continue:

Weekly Prayer Services and Coaching of S. CT Church Planters/Pastors
Monthly Prayer services and Collaborations Events in Missional Ecclesiology both locally in S. CT (in person) and Globally (Virtually)
An annual MA Collaboration Event For All MA affiliated Mission and Anchor Church Pastors
To Help Establish Local MA Chapters In Places where there is an MA Anchor Church or Church Plant

THE QUALITIES WE LOOK FOR IN CHURCH PLANTING PASTORS

An infectious and authentic experience of the gospel of Jesus Christ in full agreement with a “Total Christ” theological vision for ministry.
An ordained (or imminently qualified for ordination) minister of the Presbyterian Church of America denomination (PCA) or an approved alternative denomination.
Qualified either by previous successful church planting experience, or by approval from the PCA's Church Planting Assessment Center or an equivelent assessment.
Demonstrates discernable experience and aptitudes in entrepreneurial leadership such as to include:
- A strong passion and conviction for the gospel
- A strong passion and conviction for the local (organic) church as an essential element of the gospel
- A principled or “core values” approach to problem solving;
- A compelling style of communication;
- Giftedness in leading from the front;
- Resiliency to persevere; and
- A general faith-based sense of optimism about life and ministry.
An ability to function independently and at a high level of performance, resourceful, highly motivated.