Who do you love?

Church planters want their people to love their church, but they need to make sure their people fall more in love with Jesus. So how can they manage this tension?

0:17 Lee Stephenson introduces the episode topic and asks Danny Parmelee to share his experiences.

1:33 Danny admits that this was a weekly battle for him as a church planter and talks about his key indicator.

2:56 Lee says not celebrating the success of other pastors and churches in your community is a sign you’re starting a downward spiral.

3:18 Lee says he was intentional about creating friendships and relationships with other pastors in the community.

4:10 If you are looking at multisiting or church planting and people don’t want to go, maybe they’ve lost sight of the mission Jesus has called them to be a part of.

5:15 If you’re not willing to send people, it may mean that you love your organization more than the idea of sending and missions.

6:00 Danny talks about the discipline it takes to raise up and send out your best leaders.

7:13 Lee says that most churches in America have an incomplete discipleship process because they don’t include sending.

7:57 Lee encourages pastors to be intentional. "You want people to fall in love with your church. Just be careful not to get it out of balance. It’s a tension to be managed."

8:25 Danny thinks planters sometimes, especially early on, begin to cast too much organizational vision. If we can cast more personal vision — this is what it looks like when you love Jesus and walk with him — we know that the result will be those other things.