In the Coracle

What would you say to a church planter?

January 1, 2008

Tags: Church Planting, Prayer
Posted in: Uncategorized

I had the opportunity to exchange a brief email today with a new friend who’s church planter, and realized that what I wrote to him would be fun to post for any church planters out there:

Stay focused on your vision of mission and relationship with Christ in community, and don’t make decisions that would dilute that vision for the sake of fast growth. It’s not worth it. Be who you are called to be, as a man, a husband and dad, a planter; trust God to do his part. Take 1 Cor 3:5-7 seriously, even when you don’t see it happening. (Ditto that for all the other promises and prophecies that come your way :-)). Take an eternal perspective, especially when the day to day sucks. Find trustworthy people who speak your language and who get and support what you’re trying to do - these friends and mentors are worth far more than gold - they’re worth your sanity and your soul.

If you were given the opportunity to to write advice and encouragement to people who in the process of starting new churches, what would you say?

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I blog a lot these days about spirituality and spiritual formation, and I have a particular interest in learning from the early Christian church's approach to spirituality and mission.

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