In 1997, the Dallas-based Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCA) set a lofty goal: to plant 100 churches in the U.S. and overseas by 2020. They called the project “2020 Vision,” never expecting to reach their goal a full decade ahead of schedule.

In fact, Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCPC) and their affiliated partners have planted 103 churches and started 12 RUF chapters in the 13 years since the project’s inception.

A Strategy for Growing the Kingdom
Missions and evangelism have always been focus areas for PCPC, a 20-year-old church outside of Dallas, Texas. “We wanted to find the best ways to grow the kingdom,” says Curt Dobbs, missions pastor at Park Cities, “and the best way to evangelize is to plant churches.” With their mission in place, church leaders laid out a vision and strategies to plant 50 churches in the U.S. and 50 churches overseas.

“We identified areas in the 10/40 window and unreached people groups,” explains Dobbs. The church met with MTW and other agencies to identify 10 core projects in countries like Peru, Ukraine, and the Philippines. “Most of our church plants are where the populace is less than one percent evangelical,” says Dobbs.
Of PCPC’s 10 initial international projects, most have multiplied and several are now self-sustaining.

For example, in one Southeast Asian country, eight house churches are meeting in various communities. And in Senegal, where PCPC partners with MTW, one church has multiplied into 14 congregations.

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