Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting

Explosions

By

Dr. Tom Cheyney

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting Explosions

Explosion #1. Trying to plant without being called by God.

Explosion #2. Trying to place ones self over the Holy Spirit and seeking to plant a church without being a church planter.

Twelve Questions Church Planters Must Ask:While it’s difficult for a leader to assess

himself with much accuracy, here are some of the questions a prospective church planter must answer:

1. Whose kingdom am I building?

Twelve Questions Church Planters Must Ask:

2. Am I listening before I’m leading?

3. Am I a visionary?

4. Do I take the initiative?

5. Have I started other ministries, groups, or businesses?

6. Do I relate well to the unchurched?

Twelve Questions Church Planters Must Ask:7. If married, is my spouse entirely

supportive of your vision?

8. Do we both persevere?

9. Am I flexible and adaptable?

10. Am I resilient?

11. Do I have a gift of gathering others?

12. Am I a hard worker?

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting Explosions

Explosion #3. Trying to plant someone else’s church!

Explosion #4. Wrong Location.

Explosion #5. A Premature birth and lack of core group development. There is a rush to the telling over the walk of team building.

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting Explosions

Explosion #6. Desperately Rushing people into positions of leadership instead of developing them.

Explosion #7. Too much passion which results in poor planning.

Explosion #8. Spiritual Oppression.

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting ExplosionsExplosion #9. Changing for changes

sake!

Explosion #10. Lack of supervision, support and accountability.

Explosion #11. Insufficient outreach.

Explosion #12. Allowing your fear to overcome faith!

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting ExplosionsExplosion #13. Unrealistic expectations.

Explosion #14. Lost focus on evangelism and discipleship.

Explosion #15. No process of ministry.

Explosion #16. When gathering becomes hording and multiplication generosity is lost.

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting ExplosionsExplosion #17. Sin in leadership.

Explosion #18. Missing Your Cultural Target.

Explosion #19. Exhausted core group.

Explosion #20. Exhausted church planting couple.

Avoiding Launching Large Church Planting Explosions

Explosion #21. Critical spirit.

Explosion #22. A Toxic Steering Committee.

Explosion #23. Wrong facility.

Wrapping It Up:Five Dynamics to Help you avoid these Explosions• Balance (Acts 2:42-47)

• Participation (Acts 6:1-7)

• Empowerment (Acts 9:31)

• Expected Ministry (Acts 9:36-42)

• Faith (Acts 16:5)

I leave you with these final words of encouragement.• Rest in your Call, not your Circumstances.

• Adjust your plan, but never your passion.

• Strengthen your faith in the face of fear.

• Believe in God, regardless of the garbage that comes upon you from others.

• The harvest is at the end of the Age, not the end of the meeting.