The Process of Church
Planting
Five Steps to Plant a Church
Five Steps to Plant a
Church
Leadership
Vision
Gathering
Going Public
Maximize your Potential
You Live or Die by
who you Hire as the
Church Planter !!!!!
Self-aware
The Best Leaders are:
Teachable
Deep in Spirituality and
Character
Gifted with People
Strategic Thinker
Principle #1
We are to Lead as Jesus Led
Christian leaders seek to lead as Jesus led, for God's
glory, for building up the church, and for the sake of the
world. Christian Leadership should be based on the
example of Jesus—how he led and ministered, how he
trained his disciples to lead and minister, and how he
empowered his followers to minister and serve in his
name.
The Leadership Stool is a tool for understanding and
talking about leadership and its three foundations:
Spirituality, Chemistry, and Strategy. Each component is
modeled after how Jesus led.
Principle #2
Leaders Influence People
to Fulfill God's Will.
Christian leadership occurs when an individual
influences a group of people to move forward
in fulfilling God's will for themselves, their
families, their churches, their communities,
and sometimes the whole world.
Who can be a Leader?
Why God's Will?
Principle #3
The Best Leaders are Self-aware and Teachable.
Self-awareness is revealed in your ability to "stand apart"
from yourself and accurately observe how others and God
see and experience you. Teachability is best revealed in your
ability to ask questions and to allow the answers to shape
your thinking and behavior.
Without self-awareness and a teachable spirit, Christian
leaders can become controlling, destructive, and toxic. Many
leaders create protective environments that hide their real
motives and nature. Increased self-awareness is the first
step toward allowing God to transform you and your way of
leading. Teachability accelerates your ability to learn how to
live and lead more effectively.
The simplest way to grow in teachability is to ask others probing
questions about themselves and about yourself. Teachability
requires a willingness to be vulnerable—you will hear things about
yourself that you won’t want to hear, but that is the necessary price
of growth in leadership. In most cases, others will accurately
identify your growth areas, so why not acknowledge the truth
yourself?
"That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about
Principle #4
Godly Leaders are Formed through God's
deepening and purifying work in your Life.
Leadership presence is characterized by godliness,
wisdom, knowledge, humility, strength, confidence,
power, love and the Holy Spirit. Strength that comes
primarily through either the use of positional power or
force of personality is not the foundation for true
Christian leadership. True leadership is based on your
identity in Christ, God’s specific calling and purpose
for your life, and the expectation of the power of God
through the Holy Spirit. Christian leaders can then
minister with presence and authority in “Holy Spirit
confidence.”
"Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of
the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise
authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to
become great among you must be your servant, and whoever
wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did
not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many." (Matthew 20:25-28)"
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Principles
The best predictor of future performance is
past behavior. (The best predictor of future
ministry is past fruitfulness.)
We would like our planting pastors to have
at least 5 years of previous fruitful ministry
experience.
Church planting is a young man's or young
woman's game.
Is there evidence that people will follow this
person?
Don't place too much importance on words
Developing Your
Leadership
The Leadership Stool is a simple, yet
powerful tool to develop your leadership
gifts and abilities.
The Three Legs of the Leadership
Stool
Spirituality - A commitment to deep
spiritual transformation that brings
about the life-changing work of God in
people.
The Three Legs of the Leadership
Stool
Spirituality -
Chemistry - An inviting relational
atmosphere within your church
that creates joy and love.
The Three Legs of the Leadership
Stool
Spirituality Chemistry -
Strategy - A process of sequential
actions that produce fruitful
ministry in line with God-directed
goals.
Which leg are you most gifted in?
Which leg is you weakest in?
Which leg is in the middle?
Balance
The best Christian leaders develop
all three legs, causing their
leadership to be strong and wellbalanced.
Spirituality
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Biblical Insight and Passion
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Devotional Practices and Spiritual
Disciplines
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Genuine Humility
Chemistry
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Interpersonal Chemistry
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Small Group Chemistry
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Large Group Chemistry
Strategy
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Foresight
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Sequential Ministry Development.
- Implementation
Leadership
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Leadership Presence
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Vision Clarity and Casting
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Leading Other Leaders
Spirituality
Chemistry
Strategy
Loving God
Loving People
Loving the World
Great Commandment A
Great Commandment B
Great Commission
Receive The Vision
Rally Around The Vision
Implement The Vision
Praying Together
Playing Together
Planning Together
Spirit
Heart
Mind
Higher Up
Deeper In
Further Out
Eyes Of Faith
Hearts Of Love
Hands To Work
Spiritual Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Strategic Intelligence
Power
Unity
Alignment
Surrender
Gather
Advance
Sanctuary
Fellowship Hall
Board Room
Past Orientation
Present Orientation
Future Orientation
Pulpit
Coffee Cup
Whiteboard
Christ
Community
Cause
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Vision
Finding God's Vision for your New
What makes your
spiritual heart beat
Church.
fast?
Is there a match between your passion
and your gifts?
How do you Know Other People who
will Respond to this Vision? How many?
How will you get Good at Telling your
Vision?
How do you Sharpen Your Vision?
Sharpen Your Vision
7 Principles of Communication
Simple = Core + Compact
Unexpected = Surprise
Concrete - (not just ideas)
Credentialed - why can you trust us?
Emotional
Stories
Spirit
Gathering People
Finding and Building your Core Team.
Committed Christians.
Unconnected Christians.
Receptive People
Friends of Team Members
Conversion Growth.
Going Public
When are you ready to meet every
Critical Mass
week?
Creative Intermediate Steps
Music and Worship
Children's Ministry
Small Groups
Followup and Assimilation
Assimilation of New Christians
Momentum
Help for Your New Church
Maximize
your Potential
Right Church
Planter?
Where do you plant? (No parachuting!)
Parent and Partner Churches
Financial Help
Coaching
Isolation Kills
Longevity
Church Planting Movements.