Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations

Scratching the 3-year itch

Episode Summary

Most church planters come to a point where they’ll get the itch to do something new. Hosts Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss what planters should do when they reach this crossroad in ministry.

Episode Notes

Most church planters come to a point where they’ll get the itch to do something new. Hosts Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss what planters should do when they reach this crossroad in ministry.

1:10 Danny discusses the entrepreneurial nature of church planters.

3:00 Lee talks about how moving from survival mode to sustainability can lead to a desire to do something else.

5:10 Danny encourages planters to find other outlets to use their entrepreneurial gifts.

7:15 Danny talks about how he was able to find the fulfillment of doing something new while staying in his role at his church plant.

9:00 Lee says it’s normal for a planter to get an itch to do something else.

10:10 Lee talks about how he deciphered if his itch to replant was from the Lord.

10:55 Danny shares a question to ask yourself when a larger church approaches you about leading their church.

12:00 Lee talks about the need to transition well when leaving your church plant.

12:35 Danny says if a planter leaves before the church is in a permanent facility, it will be difficult for the church to survive.