8 Reasons Why a Church Plant May Not Grow
What are the factors that allow some church plants to take off and others to stagnate?
What are the factors that allow some church plants to take off and others to stagnate?
Making sure your people want to continue to work with you
You cant always know which of these types of critics youre dealing with, but it does help me think through my approach to anonymous criticism when I can discern their motivation.
The value of letting ideas breathe
Part of having a healthy church or organization is the strength, which comes from different people. Dont be afraid to ask for help. There are probably people who can do things you dont feel comfortable doing when dealing with insecurity in leadership.
Theres a tension of attempting to duplicate another persons success and being exactly who God has called me to be. God has not called me to preach like anyone else, but rather to navigate leadership tensions effectively.
What is working well and needs more energies/resources given? Use these pastor questions for ministry assessment.
Joseph is a standard bearer for character in the Old Testament. Some say he’s in many ways an Old Testament example of Christ – not sinless, as Christ was, but certainly a God-fearing man.
I felt I needed more buy-in from them in helping to lead the church. They were a great group of people who were passionate about reaching the lost, but they had begun to neglect some of the little things to keep a church operating.
There are no cookie-cutter solutions for reversing a church decline. Churches have unique characteristics, because they have different people. There are different reasons which cause decline.