I’m a church planter. I love the process of planting. I love the energy and the enthusiasm a new church brings to a community. Now in my second church plant, I’ve made some mistakes and learned a few things. Some of the things I’ve learned are things I wouldn’t do again if I were planting another church.
Here are 7 things I wouldn’t do again if planting a church:
1. Limit God’s vision
We started as a church to reach one section of town. Now we are in two locations, reaching two entirely different segments of our community. God has continued to refine and shape our path as a church.
2. Fail to challenge people to grow in their walk with Christ
I don’t know that I shied away from this; it certainly was my heart and our vision, but in the early days, I was very conscious of reaching the lost, so I may not have been as bold as I wish I had been in saying what needed to be said.
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3. Shy away from money talk
So many people think all a church does is talk about money. We avoided this stigma from day one. In the process, we neglected to develop our core givers, we put ministries on hold we should be pursuing and we robbed people of the opportunity to become generous givers and, consequently, to feel the reward of trusting God completely.
4. Resist leaders from other churches
We wanted to plant a church for non-believers, but we needed leadership to do that. When leaders from other churches came, however, we were hesitant to plug them in for fear we’d be seen negatively by other churches. In the process, we missed out on quality leadership, and we denied people the right to follow their hearts.
