Luke Simmons, pastor of Second Mile Church in Gilbert, Arizona recently posted a very helpful article on how to be a great church plant core group. Below is a summary of what he wrote. The full post can be found at Second Mile Church Blog.
1. Your primary job is to create a culture that you and God will be happy about 10 years from now.
2. Your new pastor and church will eventually disappoint you and let you down.
3. Work to create an evangelistic texture to every ministry environment.
4. Always talk as though nobody knows who your heroes are.
5. Be known by what you’re for, not what you’re against.
6. Don’t moralize your personal preferences.
7. Leave your current church on great terms (or go make it right if you didn’t).
8. Relentlessly involve new people.
9. Be ready for change.
10. Direction, not intention, determines your destination.
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#4 is interesting. Is his concerned about too much “Talking up” of pastors and leaders that a person is likes?
I would also be interested in a post maybe from someone who did leave their church not on the best terms, and maybe what they did to fix that situation. Maybe even looking at ways to “diagnose” whether or not you left your current church on good terms? Like some questions for personal reflection and evaluation? I bet there are many church planters out there who need to seriously look at this area in their life….