HENDERSONVILLE — It’s not a matter of choice for leaders at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, when it comes to church planting or church revitalization. They do both.
“We fully believe in planting churches,” said Bruce Raley, executive pastor of First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. “We have a church we’re planting right now in the Hell’s Kitchen community of New York City, but we also just have a burden for churches that are struggling. We know there are a lot of churches that if something doesn’t happen, they’re likely not to be in existence 10 or 15 years from now.”
Raley said that he and pastor Bruce Chesser “have a heart for those churches and want to see them become strong again. Most of them have a great history, but either community has changed, they’ve gone through struggles in the church, culture has changed and they’ve gotten to where they’re struggling,” he added. [Read more…]