The Four Loves of a Church Planter #1

This morning I’d like to start a new series of posts about something I have been thinking about for a while. In coaching, training, and observing hundreds of church planters over the years, I have noticed a few things that all successful church planters have in common.

It’s not going to be a series of posts about worship styles, haircuts, or how many people are following them on Twitter. No, the commonalities I’ve seen across the board in church planters who are knocking it out of the park deal with matters of the heart.

I’m calling this “The Four Loves of a Church Planter,” and the first love of a successful church planter is:

GOD

Simple, right? It seems so elementary, but the drive to plant a church that will make disciples and expand God’s Kingdom has to begin with a heart fully devoted to God. In an era when church planting has become the popular thing to do in many circles, we can never lose sight of this fact.

Even in the most “successful” new churches there will be days when the only thing you can fall back on is your love of God and your desire to obey Him. A successful church planter makes his relationship with God first priority and leads out of the overflow.

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.”   – Matthew 22:37-38 (NLT)

Church Planter:
- What is your motivation to do what you’re doing?
- Who is behind your drive to succeed?
- What do you need to do today to be sure that you aren’t “forsaking your first love”?

Check back next week for Love #2 (between now and then see if you can guess what it might be)…

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