... will change the dynamics of a church plant in the northeast and then describe each principle in my own context.5 The first basic principle for doing an urban ministry church plant is prayer. Every church plant and church planter should keep in mind that God is the one who builds his church. Any project is doomed to failure unless God is in it. All of our church planting efforts must be based solidly on a commitment to prayer. Jesus is the perfect example for our urban ministry church plant. Conn writes that church growth in the city occurs as a direct result of prayer.6 He continues by saying, "The message of the Gospels is that the new day of prayer has come. And it begins with Jesus."7 He always cared for the city and his people in the city, like Jerusalem, which "he wept over" (Lk. 19:41).8 John Edwin ...

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