Dustin Willis: http://dustinwillis.com
Pastor: Midtown Fellowship in Columbia, SC
Personal Notes: See first post.  Dustin sent in such great stuff, I had to give him two slots!

What advice would you give to a guy that has been called into church planting, but sometimes feels that he has no idea what he is doing?

Dustin's Answer:

CHURCH PLANTER or DOMESTIC MISSIONARY

If you were to go on a mission trip to Rwanda, Africa tomorrow, what would you do?

The Facts

There are 8 million people. They speak a Bantu language. AIDS is the leading cause of death among adults. Dirty Water kills more children than anything else. There are millions of children living life as orphans. What would you take? Where would you live? Who would you serve? What needs would you meet? What language would you speak?

The Plans & Results

You would build wells, learn their language, live where they live, educate them in the area of AIDS awareness, open orphanages and share the love of Jesus. This is what missionaries are doing all over the globe, and God is moving through them in incredible ways. Over 24,000 new churches will start in India this year. Over 50,000 people will give their life to Christ today in communist China. It is absolutely amazing to see all that God is doing through missionaries across the globe.

The Facts HERE in America

The church is dying. The unchurched population has grown at a rate of 100% in the last 10 years. People hate the church. There are more Christians in China based on percent population than there are in the American city of Seattle, WA.

The Plans & Results HERE in America

Be missionaries. Discover the wells that need to be built in the neighborhoods and cities across our country. This has the potential to result in a revolution that will look a lot like the book of Acts. I dream and hope for that and am giving my life to that cause. I am not a Pastor of a church I want to grow. I am a missionary in a city that I desire to see transformed by the gospel. There is a difference. Don’t be a church planter, be a missionary.