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Top Issues Church Planters Face

Top Issues Church Planters Face. Issue #1 Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture. Lack of Experience Feeling the Need for Speed (Volunteers ) No Core Leaders. Issue #1 Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture. Feeling the Need for Speed (Paid Staff ) Need for Resources

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Top Issues Church Planters Face

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  1. Top Issues Church Planters Face

  2. Issue #1 Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture • Lack of Experience • Feeling the Need for Speed (Volunteers) • No Core Leaders

  3. Issue #1 Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture • Feeling the Need for Speed (Paid Staff) • Need for Resources • Realities for Reproduction

  4. Issue #2 Financial Self-Sufficiency and Viability • The BiVoChallenge • Tension Over Talking/Teaching About Giving

  5. Issue #2 Financial Self-Sufficiency and Viability • Limited Budget Experience • Flow of Funds Trap • Personal Financial Impact

  6. Issue #3 Launch Team Development and Mobilizing Volunteers • Healthy Launch Teams Are Mission Critical When Seeking to Start in the Way We Discussed • Church Planting Is a Team Sport

  7. Issue #3 Launch Team Development and Mobilizing Volunteers • Pre-Launch Tasks vs. Relationships • A Core Group of Believers Is Not Always a Good Thing • New Church Core Teams Experience Fallout

  8. Issue #4 Systems, Processes, and Cultures • God’s Part and Our Part • A Fix-It Mentality • Assessing Health

  9. Issue #4 Systems, Processes, and Cultures • Pre-Launch Behaviors • Urgency and Accountability

  10. Issue #5 Casting Vision and Avoiding Mission Drift • Clarity • Core Values • Mission, Vision, and Values

  11. Issue #5 Casting Vision and Avoiding Mission Drift • Ministry Philosophy • Non-Negotiables

  12. Issue #6 Evangelism and Discipleship Five challenges: • Multiple time demands • Discerning how to practice faith in a world not limited to direct evangelism only • Living incarnationally and engaging in culture • Implementing a deliberate evangelistic and disciple-making strategy • Making small groups work

  13. Issue #6 Evangelism and Discipleship Two observations: • Distracted by the Planting Process • Internal Scorecard

  14. Issue #7 Spiritual, Physical and Mental Health of Planter/Family • Battle to overcome pride, self-reliance, drivenness, and an uncoachableattitude • Loneliness and isolation

  15. Issue #7 Spiritual, Physical and Mental Health of Planter/Family • Mistrust • Lack of rest • Maintaining joy

  16. Conclusions/Highlights • Challenges of planting commonly result in discouragement and loneliness • A rigorous assessment process is necessary • Spousal support systems should be added to church planting systems

  17. Conclusions/Highlights • Peer-to-peer relationships and networks are vital • Getting systems in place is key before going public • Church planting mentors and coaches are important • Discerning the difficult and painful decision between quitting and persevering

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