[This is part of a series called “What is an Apostle?” Check the other post here]
Apostolic Leaders are planters. They are driven to start new things where the things of God are not happening. Most clearly, planting churches. Be it in neighborhoods, businesses, college campuses or an unreached country, apostolic leaders are all about planting communities of faith in areas where there is no community of faith currently!
They want the Blue Oceans
This was a big reason for me moving to LA this year to start Greek InterVarsity in the county. There are 17 campuses with Greek Systems and very little happening to reach these students. What caused me to ultimately move here and take this assignment from God was the obsession with unreached people, starting something new, and being able to give years towards planting a completely new work that not many people were thinking about.
I resonate with Paul big time when he says in Romans 15:20,
“It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.”