You want to be close to mama.
Or mama-in-law. I get that too. You love your family. Free babysitting. It’s pretty common to love family, isn’t it? Don’t we all? But our callings are bigger—and stronger—than that. Sometimes God gives us huge latitude in location. And that may be exactly where you want to plant. I hope He does. Sometimes, however, He doesn’t. But the decision is always His. Never ours.
Your buddy is doing it.
It’s popular to plant a church these days. As I write this, I am at a church planting conference. There are several—actually lots—of those these days. And that’s a good thing. We need lots of new churches. Tons. It’s just not a good reason to plant a church because everyone else is doing it. It’s not.
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You’ve got the cool factor.
Don’t we all? In our own context at least. I needed to clarify that because I was almost 40 when I planted my first church and I had long passed the day I could wear skinny jeans. Church plants—anything new—attracts cool. (It’s funny, when I attend church planting conferences there are lots of similar looks. Styles change, but church planters keep up with the styles.) But cool does not make a good church planter. It doesn’t hurt—I should be honest—but it isn’t a reason to plant a church.
By the way—I have to say this—church revitalization needs cool too. Don’t forget that.
