When Church Plants Don't Work Out
Not every church plant works out how we planned. How do we reflect well on church planting and plan accordingly?
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In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) is joined by Dan Steel (Lead Pastor, Magdelen Road Church, Oxford) to discuss his experience of church planting and some research he has done with church plants that struggle.
00:00 - Introduction
01:58 - Realism in Christian ministry
03:21 - Experiences in church planting
07:09 - Reflecting on church life
09:25 - Research into church plants that went wrong
14:54 - Risk and church planting
19:07 - Building effective church planting teams
23:22 - Acknowledging the potential for failure
27:11 - The church planting scene in the UK
No, there is not a Sydney in the UK!
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Dan Steel on Why Some Church Plants Fail (acts29.simplecast.com)
- The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast (christianitytoday.com)
- 'Planting Questions' research website (plantingquestions.com)
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