In an earlier post, I mentioned that I would have some suggested solutions to the problem of too many churches. I have much more background that I would like to present, but let me jump ahead a few spaces and make one suggestion here.
Why don't we simply declare a moratorium on new church plants in areas where there are already an overflow of congregations? Now, I'm not talking about something orchestrated by the government-they can't even maintain the road to Walmart. how could we possibly expect them to help build the highway to Heaven?
No, what I am suggesting here is that we ask those who are doing the church planting to redirect their efforts. If a group (denomination, etc.) feels called to evangelize a certain area, then they should search for a congregation who is already active in the area and with whom they have a fraternal view of doctrine, and put their resources behind this existing work.
An individual who has felt the call of God to a region could also look at the works already in progress, to see if their is one with their same calling with whom they could partner, knowing that in their humility Christ would have the greater chance to be glorified.
If a person is called to reach a specified unreached people group, they could start a small group effort focusing on these people, but at the same time seek to incorporate this group with a congregation already working in the area, so that both the new Christians and the existing congregation would have a chance to greater fellowship as one Body.
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