When people hear of the plans for the church plant in Boston, generally they fall into two camps. The first group is excited and supportive of the news of a church plant. This group comprises the vast majority of the people I’ve heard from. Granted, this may be because the people who know me are supportive of what they see God doing in my life, rather than because they have a view one way or another about church planting. 
But through the grape-vine, I’ve come to realize that there are some Christians who don’t think church planting is necessary. It seems like objections to church planting come in four forms:
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1. There are already enough churches. Why plant another one?
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2. If you plant a church, it will take people away from other churches. A new church will take a slice of the Christian “pie”, leaving less for others.
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3. Why plant a church? Why not work with existing churches? Why not help churches that are struggling? We need better churches not more churches.
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4. Church planting seems like an implicit criticism of existing churches. You must be pretty arrogant to think you can come and do things better than the churches that already here.
Over the next week or so, I’m going to try to address these objections, as well as present a positive case for church planting. I will be answering three main questions:
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1. Why plant a church?
2. Why plant a college church?
3. Why plant a college church in Boston?
