Comments on: Am I Ready to Plant a Church

By: kristi

kristi — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:11:00 +0000

Dwayne – I like your metaphors.

Ryan – Thank you for sharing. I think you have some very mature thoughts on this process. We are praying for you and Jess as you go through it.

By: James Wood

James Wood — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:21:00 +0000

It’s weird to read about your thoughts and to see them mirror mine so much – As I’ve been gaining more experience I feel I’m less prepared/ready for church planting. When people have asked me what our church will look like over the years that we’ve been dreaming about it the answer has become progressively more vague. It started with an excited regurgitation of something I read in a Dan Kimball book or something. Now I just have to say: It will look like the people that God chooses to send.

I think that the more we are willing to give up control and to admit that this is God’s church, the closer we are to God allowing us to help him to plant his church.

See you in a couple weeks!

By: Dwayne Hilty

Dwayne Hilty — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:15:00 +0000

So what you’re saying is that in many ways, being ready to church plant is like being ready for a vasectomy? Who really stands up and shouts “I’m ready!” for either. Both are painful. Both are well worth the process. Ok, I’ll stop at these cheesy comparisons.

Coming from a planter who often wonders if I’m ready yet, I gotta think there’s a lot of wisdom in what you said. I don’t mean that in a false humility sort of way, but in a very honest way. In my limited experience, people who announe to the world they’re ready often aren’t; and the people who are a little reluctant often are.

Personally, I think the vasectomy would feel better.