Simple Church

The natural out working of people coming to know Jesus, is to gather them in discipleship communities, this is why All Nations is committed to simple church planting. In particular we are focused on making disciples and sending out trained leaders to start simple, reproducing, Jesus focused churches.

To read more about our work in simple church planting read our ‘What we do‘ section.

Floyd and Sally McClung who head up All Nations, have written an inspiring article on their vision for South Africa here, below in a short extract relating to Church Planting:

On the large scale, our dream is that Jesus would be loved, worshipped and obeyed in every village, every city, every university, every tribe, every business, and every nation in Africa. We believe Jesus deserves nothing less than the love of Africans in all fifty-four countries on the continent.

Our mission is simple and focused: we are called to make disciples, train leaders and plant church planting churches. There are 800 million people in Africa, most of whom suffer every day from poverty, war, injustice, and preventable diseases. 6,500 people die every single day from malaria and other causes. That is the equivalent of a worldwide disaster every month!

Our strategy is to train and send people who are equipped to start new churches where ever they find open hearts: in the schools and universities, in businesses and government offices, in art studios and coffee shops, in the farming fields and in people’s homes.

We believe in holistic church planting and leadership equipping. Because of the huge needs of Africa, we believe the gospel must be given with two hands: one hand giving practical hope in the form of farming, micro-enterprise, and medical care and with the other hand sharing the good news that Jesus is the son of God who died for the sins of the whole world.

Please click here to read a more in depth discussion of the concept of simple church planting and why it seems that it is so applicable for the context in South Africa.