Our decision to do things differently

After being part of teams that had begun 5 churches (Canillejas, Alcobendas (about 40,000 people when we went there, no Evangelical church), Navalmoral, Aluche, Fuenlabrada (60,000 with no church), our vision was progressing. Rather than concentrating on one town, we should work an area. Because of increasing anti-evangelical sentiment (largely fomented by negative TV reports on American megachurches) we should become known as good neighbors first, rather than jump in with an evangelistic campaign. Rather than a missionary pastor (in some places this still seems to be a temporary necessity, to hold back rivalry among church members), we should start groups that are simple enough to have local leadership whom we will train.