How Do I Know if My Church Plant is Healthy
How Do I Know if My Church Plant is Healthy? Do you ever wonder if your church planting ministry is healthy? Sometimes that's the last thing on the mind of a planter when he just finished the Sunday morning worship service that was packed with unplanned events. I remember one Sunday we showed up to set up and the school cafetorium (cafeteria + auditorium) had no power. Of course this happened in the middle of August in Florida! Once we finally got the power turned on, it was too late to cool the space for worship. We worshipped in a 90 degree room. We found solace in the idea that people all over the world worshipped God in much worse circumstances. It was still hot but at least we convinced ourselves that we were "suffering for Jesus" or something like that... As we engage in the journey of church planting, in between the catastrophes that seem to happen on a regular basis, sometimes we have a moment or two to ponder the health of our church plant. Do you ever fin...