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Overview of New England Church Planting

New England has been a Southern Baptist Convention since 1983. It began with 30 churches and we now have 270 missions and churches. Our goal is to begin 25 new churches each year with a survivability rate of 85% beginning in 2008. This will enable us to double the size of each of our associations by 2018. Why such a goal? Over the first 25 years we have averaged 8 survivable starts each year.

If this current goal is reached it will mean 21 survivable starts each year for a net gain of 210 new starts moving us more into a multiplication mode by 2018.  When this goal is reached it will mean we will have made a significant advance in the Kingdom of our Father. And, if we reach this goal it will mean that each of our Associations will have completed some of their individual goals in reaching the 14.2 million people living here in New England where less than 3% attend any evangelical church.

Here in New England you will find up to 50 missions starts at any given time. They will be of various languages and ethnic groups, as well as Anglo and second generation English speakers. The major ethnic groups we are currently working with are Hispanic, Brazilian, and Haitian.

We are working with new churches in the collegiate communities as well as new churches in the inner city neighborhoods.  Upper New England is predominantly English speaking Anglo, but it is filled with many people groups from the rural farmer to the seaside fishermen, New England has it all. Work is beginning with Muslim and Hindu people groups in various places in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  God continues to send us folks who desire such ministries directed toward specific people groups. The world has truly come here, mainly through our cities, colleges, and universities.  People of all cultures are everywhere waiting for someone to bring the good news in their context of life.