Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts

by Jim Griffith; Bill Easum

Publisher:

Chalice

, 2008

Overview

Jim Griffith and Bill Easum draw from decades of personal experience in planting new churches and consulting with supervisors and planters in new church starts. They have condensed their vast experiences down to ten points that account for the great majority of failures among church planters. For each point, the authors provide examples of the particular mistake and ways to avoid it. They speak in special sections to coaches and supervisors, showing them how to work with church planters to avoid mistakes.

The ten mistakes point in most cases to plans made on the basis of past experiences or unrealistic models that do not fit either the particular church planter or the mission field where the church is planned. the church planter must take the initiative to do God's work as directed by the Holy Spirit, not copy a religious superstar's methods or approach the works as defined by outside sources.

Key Features

• Provides examples of the particular mistake and ways to avoid it
• Challenges church members to focus on those who are not in church yet
• Contains ten points that account for the great majority of failures among church planters

Contents

• Neglecting the Great Commandment in Pursuit of the Great Commission
• Failing to Take Opposition Seriously
• A Love Affair with One's Fantasy Statement Blinds the Planter to the Mission Field
• Premature Launch
• Evangelism Ceases after the Launch
• No Plan for the Other Six Days of the Week
• Fear of Talking about Money until It Is Too Late
• Failure of the Church to Act Its Age and Its Size
• Formalizing Leadership Too Soon
• Using the "Superstar" Model as the Paradigm for All Church Plants

Praise for Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts

I've planted churches and coached hundreds of planters and I can tell you Jim and Bill know what they are talking about. The chapters on money and leadership development are alone worth the price of the book.

Todd Hunter, president, Alpha USA

Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts is the essential trail-guide to starting a church

Sally Morgenthaler, Shapevine.com, contributor to Emergent Manifesto of Hope

Griffith and Easum have provided pivotal insights in the planting of Epicenter Church in Washington, D.C. Anyone considering planting a new church-both pastors and judicatory leaders-needs to read this book first. It is one of a very few must-reads in the field.

Paul Nixon, author of I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church and pastor, Epicenter DC

Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts is a down-to-earth guide that challenges not only church planters but also church members to focus on those who are not in church yet. It is this focus that makes churches grow healthily and expands the message of the Gospel.

Nora Colmenares Martinez, Office of Church Development, North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church

Product Details

• Title: Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts
• Authors: Jim Griffith, Bill Easum
• Publisher: Chalice
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 122
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Church development, New
• ISBNs: 9780827236479, 9780827236578, 9780827236585, 0827236476, 0827236573, 0827236581
• Resource ID: LLS:TNMSTCHRCHSTRTS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:25:31Z