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.
