Lessons From a "Failed Church Plant"

Mike Edwards wrote a short but insightful post that encapsulates some of the lessons he learned from being a pastor of a “failed church plant.” Here are his bullet points:

• Plant GOSPEL identities, not programs or services
• Plant TOGETHER, not alone
• Be faithful, not cool
• Be humbled, not overconfident
• Live it as a family FIRST, don’t use your church as a crutch
• Don’t go after people, pursue the God who will raise them up

To get the rest click here. Strangely, I’m in the process of writing a very similar series of posts call, “The Debriefing of a Church Planter.” There will be a post on every Tuesday until the end of the year about my experiences as church planter.

Comments

[Stephen Murray]

Looking forward to those posts. Blessings.

[Joshua Montague]

Thanks for linking to this, Michael. Valuable stuff...