Planting Ordinary Means of Grace Churches: Trusting Christ to Build His Church
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges and insights of planting ordinary means of grace churches while trusting in Christ's guidance.
In this episode of Christ the Center, Camden Bucey speaks with Lee Hutchings and Ben Kappers about the work of planting ordinary means of grace churches and learning to trust Christ to build his church. Drawing from their ministry experience in North Canton, Ohio, and St. George, Utah, they reflect on the challenges of church planting, the slow and often hidden nature of growth, and the need to rest not in novelty, personality, or technique, but in the ordinary means God has appointed. Lee Hutchings serves as senior pastor of Trinity PCA in North Canton, Ohio, a congregation he planted after years of ministry in Mississippi. Ben Kappers serves All Saints Reformed Church in St. George, Utah, as an evangelist under the oversight of Northern California Presbytery, bringing experience from both the Reformed Church in America and the Presbyterian Church in America. Together they offer pastoral wisdom on planting confessionally Reformed churches through the clear proclamation of Christ, the faithful teaching of Scripture, prayer, and the ordinary ministry of the church. This conversation encourages pastors, elders, and church members alike to labor patiently and confidently, knowing…
People in this episode
Host: Camden Bucey
Guests: Lee Hutchings, Ben Kappers
Topics covered
- church planting
- ordinary means of grace
- trusting Christ
- pastoral wisdom
- Reformed churches
- growth challenges
Keywords
- church planting
- ordinary means of grace
- Reformed theology
- pastoral ministry
- spiritual growth
- evangelism
- scripture teaching
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Trinity PCA, All Saints Reformed Church, Northern California Presbytery
Places: North Canton, Ohio, St. George, Utah, Mississippi
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