Archive for August 31st, 2009

10 Ways to Be a Great Church Plant Core Group

From Luke Simmons, pastor of Second Mile Church in Gilbert, Arizona via the Sojourn Planting 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.