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Developing a multiplying mindset
Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations
English - June 04, 2019 06:50 - 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 discuss how to instill the DNA of multiplication into the life of a church plant.
0:55 Lee talks about how to think about multiplication before you even launch.
1:20 Lee says the first step is being intentional about creating vision alignment around why multiplication is important.
1:30 Lee discusses common questions (objections) he’s heard: Don’t we have enough churches already? Why would we plant new churches when there are already churches that are dying and looking to be rehabilitated?
3:40 Danny explains why it’s important to teach sacrifice before you teach multiplication.
4:40 Lee says the reality is you won’t become a multiplying church if you don’t want to; nobody’s going to force it on you.
5:15 Lee talks about three costs of being a multiplying church.
6:35 Danny talks about how long it took for his church’s new sites to become self-sustaining.
8:05 Lee encourages sending churches to decrease the amount of money they’re giving a church plant over time to keep them “hungry” and help them become self-sustaining.
9:30 Danny says that it takes generosity (finances and personnel) to become a multiplying church.
10:30 Lee talks about the time and personnel costs for the sending church.
11:35 Lee encourages churches to set aside a portion of their income to invest in the future new work.
12:50 Danny says he’s seen over and over how God blesses generous churches.
14:10 Lee recaps the episode and says this is just the first of several episodes in this series talking about steps a church can take to become a multiplying church.