No matter what methods you adopt to plant a church, we need to remember that it is a spiritual ministry. And it must be done in dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit and should be based on preaching the Word of God. Church planting will face spiritual and human opposition. In this section of the lecture "Biblical Foundations of Church Planting" Craig Ott:

- highlights a couple of important points; 

- explains the spiritual dynamics in church planting; 

- talks about the importance of prayer in church planting and reads from Colossians 1:9-10;

- explains the tension between God’s responsibility and human responsibility;

- gives some application questions on biblical foundations of church planting