Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Church Planting Landmines

more info from the DCPI Church Planter Conference:

19 Landmines you might encounter in Church Planting:

1. Trying to plant without being called by God

~ 2 most miserable people in the world are those who are called and are not serving and those who are serving and are not called

2. Trying to plant without being a church planter
~ you must be visionary, a self starter, relate well to the unchurched and you must have spousal support. must be flexible, adaptable and a strong work ethic

3. Wrong Location

~ exegete the city, sense of call for the area
~ may not work if the community is too small to support the new work
~ have to look at potential growth size
~ if there are other new church plants in the area
~ if there is the same style church already in the area
~ not any type of public facility to use as a gathering

4. Premature birth and lack of core group development


5. Rushing people into influential leadership
~giving authority too soon

6. Poor Planning

7. Spiritual Oppression

8. Lack of support and accountability

9. Insufficient Outreach

10. Unrealistic Expectations

11. Lost focus on evangelism and discipleship

12. There is no process of discipleship

13. Sin in leadership

14. Missing your cultural target

15. Exhausted core group

~ too few doing too much for too long

16. Exhausted church planting couple

17. Critical spirit

18. Toxic leadership

~ is everyone on board with the vision?

19. Wrong facility

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