Over the next couple days, I am going to roll out 5 of the bigger mistakes I’ve made in church planting. I could probably write at least 500, so I’m not even sure these are the top 5 mistakes I’ve made. They are just the ones that stand out most right now. Hope they help someone!
Number 1: Hiring/Appointing too quickly and firing/removing too slowly.
I have a huge heart for people and I see what could be and what should be. I often see what they could be one day. I see and believe in the potential of the people I am leading. However, I am learning, that because everyone will spend eternity somewhere and because I will be accountable for how I lead Catalyst, I cannot hire/appoint based on the potential of what one day could be.
Planned outreaches have been canceled and ministries have been less than effective all because I appointed someone to lead too quickly.
Church planters have the tendency to say, “If you have a pulse, you’re hired”. This can bring a lot of pain to people. The wrong person, at the wrong time, in the wrong place of ministry can hurt team morale, lower the bar for the whole church, cause hurt and pain to the people we are trying to minister to, and negatively impact our chances of reaching those in our community who are far from Jesus. I believe everyone is a minister, but I’m also seeing that it is completely critical to start people with small opportunities to prove themselves faithful before appointing them to leadership.
Here is the big thing I’m learning: People don’t rise to the appointment, they are appointed because they’ve proved they’ll rise to the occasion.
Good stuff bro! How do you get your “one liners”? You need to give yourself more credit…you’ve got “it”! you’re a great leader…really proud of you bro, keep it up. Was trying to learn the names of your team before Sunday and ran into my new favorite blog
love you bro!