UACP: Ministry Overview
Urban Atlanta Church Planting is…
A cooperative effort of the Atlanta Association of Southern Baptist Churches, the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association, and the Southwest Atlanta Baptist Association to engage urban lostness by intentionally planting relevant reproducing congregations inside Atlanta’s perimeter (ITP) that produce community transformation through:
- Prayer - praying for lost and unchurched people on a daily basis
- Engagement - engaging unreached people in small groups
- Sowing - sharing the good news and the truth of Scripture in every way possible in order to make disciples
- Harvesting – developing contextual evangelistic strategies, conducting intentionally evangelistic events, following up and assimilating new believers into Bible Study and worship, and developing reproducing Jesus followers.reproducing Jesus followers.
Urban Atlanta Church Planting – Our goals...
- Plant at least 100 traditional and cell/house churches by December 2014
- Plant 1200 churches by 2020
- Begin at least 75 Bible study/fellowship groups by December 2014
- Conduct at least 100 significant servant evangelism/acts of kindness events by December 2014
Urban Atlanta Church Planting – Birth of a Dream…
Urban Atlanta Church Planting was born after much prayer and many discussions between Lester Cooper, Atlanta Association of Southern Baptists Associational Missionary, and Joel Harrison, Atlanta Metro Baptist Association of Churches Lead Missionary. Tim Wolfe, 1027 Church pastor, and Fred Pitts, Clairmont Hills pastor, became participants in the process at the request of Lester Cooper and Joel Harrison.
Urban Atlanta Church Planting – The NEED INSIDE THE PERIMETER (ITP) …
- Approximately 878,000 people live ITP with a projection of 951,000 by 2014. Metropolitan population projected to increase from the present 5,500,000 to 8,200,000 by 2050.
- Over 500,000 people living ITP have no religious affiliation; over 600,000 people ITP are not church members; and over 700,000 people living ITP do not attend church.
- 41% of the population ITP lives in rented housing. Typically 95% of those living in multi-housing/apartments/condos do not attend church.
- 75% of the total households ITP have no children. Baptists are traditionally “better” at reaching married couple households with children.
- 69% of the adult population ITP is not married and singles and single parents are the fastest growing groups ITP.
- People of Hispanic origin (18,136 increase) and Whites (17,391increase) are projected to be the fastest growing ITP population segments between now and 2013.
- The median age of people living ITP is 36.1 years of age. This is considerably less than those attending most Baptist churches.
- ITP 6% of the adult population has less than a 9th grade education. 8% of the adult population dropped out of school between the 9th and 12th grade. 42% of the adult population has a college degree or higher.
- Many ITP Baptist church members do not live in their church neighborhoods, do not reflect the “people groups” living in their church neighborhoods, do not impact their church neighborhoods, do not penetrate the lostness in their neighborhoods, and do not know or relate to those persons who make the decisions that affect the neighborhood. Many ITP Baptist churches are dying, declining, or just holding their own.
- Of the 166 Southern Baptist Congregations that existed in the 1960’s in the area we now know as Inside the Perimeter, only 39 are still in existence ITP as the area has grown 24% during that time period.
Urban Atlanta Church Planting – Our Focus…
Our focus is to begin intentionally missionary congregations among the people (English speaking and non-English speaking) living in apartments, condos, and single family housing communities ITP. These congregations would be led by missionary pastors who have a vision and real desire to intentionally reach unchurched and lost people. This will occur though the strategic planting or identification of at least twelve Church Planting Hubs (CPH).
Urban Atlanta Church Planting – Our partners...
Atlanta Association of Southern Baptist Churches, Atlanta Metro Baptist Association, Southwest Atlanta Baptist Association, Georgia Baptist Convention, South Carolina Baptist Convention, North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
Urban Atlanta Church Planting – Our Leadership Team...
- Samuel Aleman, Pastor, Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Metro Atlanta
- Johnny Beasley, Pastor,
- J. B. Brown, Pastor, Clairmont Baptist Church
- David Bunch, retired state convention executive director and retired HMB (NAMB) staff
- Joel Harrison, Atlanta Metro Baptist Association lead missionary
- Bernard Miller, Southwest Atlanta Baptist Association associational missionary
- Bryan Pillsbury, Mount Vernon Baptist Church Missions Pastor
- Keith Pisani, Atlanta Association of Southern Baptist Churches Associational Missionary
- Fred Pitts, Pastor, Clairmont Hills Baptist Church
Our staff…
- Dr. Jim Haskell, First Baptist Church Chattahoochee pastor and UACP Strategist
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- Rev. Tim Wolfe, 1027 Church pastor and UACP Residency Leader/Intern Coordinator
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