After assessing church planters for a solid day, I always come away with some invaluable insights...
Many church planters are operating on far less cash flow than can possibly be effective, but they don't know how to look for outside funds to take their ministries to the next level.
A church plant's expenses determine its effectiveness. Many planters don't realize that changing how they spend money could improve their results The same activity will always produce more of the same.
Church planters are always 8-12 months away from their next factor of opposition... or their next big breakthrough.
Quote on identifying potential planters ~ "Spend a day driving with them to see if they get road rage. That's how you know they have passion." =)
If road rage equals passion then I am the most passionate person in the world. :)
Posted by: Gary | March 29, 2007 at 07:02 AM
"A church plant's expenses determine its effectiveness. Many planters don't realize that changing how they spend money could improve their results The same activity will always produce more of the same."
This is an interesting comment. Anything you can share that would be an example of this?
Posted by: Jason Roberts | March 29, 2007 at 10:49 AM
j, everything we do as a church has a price tag attached to it. Ministry costs money. So changing how we spend money, essentially changes the kind of ministry we do. Reallocating money opens doors to try new approaches to reaching people.
EG: what could we do if we weren't paying for an office? what could we do if we weren't providing donuts every week? what could we do if... etc
Posted by: Ben | March 29, 2007 at 08:54 PM