5 mistakes church planters make
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English - December 15, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture church planting lee stephenson danny parmelee church planting podcast church planting resources church planting training Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Converge church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee want to help you avoid the common mistakes church planters make.
1:02 Lee says the first mistake is overspending.
1:13 Two things church planters overspend on are marketing and sound system/audiovisual.
2:02 Danny says the drive to overspend comes from the comparison culture.
2:34 Danny and Lee recommend having a coach to help you guard against overspending.
3:14 Lee says you need to create a budget and stick to it.
3:42 Another way Lee sees planters overspending is staffing or setting up their own salary.
4:21 Danny says the second mistake is making people feel guilty for leaving the church, which he struggled with at his church plant.
6:05 Danny eventually learned, "When people come and go, it’s just part of it. Have a kingdom mindset, send them out with a blessing."
6:35 Lee says when someone is leaving, look at that as an opportunity to ask some questions and learn from them. "Hey, I know you’re going to be heading out, are there things that we could pay attention to that we could grow from, that I could grow from as a leader that would help us move forward as a church?"
7:24 Lee talks about the third mistake: choosing the wrong meeting space.
9:01 Danny says if you’re planning on attracting families, you need to think about children’s space.
9:31 Lee says you need to pay attention to the cultural aspect of the facility. If it has a negative connotation culturally and historically in that community, people aren’t going to come.
10:16 Danny discusses the fourth mistake: giving titles like pastor and director too early. Give responsibility, not title. It’s easier to remove responsibility from someone than it is to remove a title.
11:25 Lee says leadership has to be something you recognize, not something you appoint.
11:57 Danny says he set his interns up for failure by giving them the title pastor.
12:23 The fifth mistake: overprogramming.
13:03 Danny and Lee talk about responding to people who want to start a new ministry in your church.