Signs of a church planter? 4 comments
Another blog I caught up on was Matt Sweetman’s. He interviewed Steve Nicholson, the church planting director of Vineyard USA. Here are two of the questions:
Matt: How do you go about finding guys who are church planters and then training them to do so?
Steve: For me, I tend to start fairly young. So, with some guys I figure out that they are a church planter when they are still in high school. Even though they may not plant for another 10 years. But you are looking for people who are leaders, who can articulate themselves, who know how to put a team together, who can break a vision down into steps which they can actually do. You are looking for catalytic people who tend to start things and lead people everywhere they go. A good church planter looks like a good business entrepreneur.
Matt: Do you find that you get a lot of guys from the business world who are interested in church planting?
Steve: Sometimes we do, later in life. They spend time in business and then feel like they are ready for a change. They always make good church planters.
Well, even though my personality test may have revealed otherwise, I know that within my inherent nature the above-used words do describe me. Does it mean I should continue as a church planter? That is completely and solely up to God, but it’s a bit of encouragement I could use today 
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Interesting comments on the characteristics of a church planter, but it makes sense. From what I know, I guess you’d be in the category of the second comment. If so, that’s good news!
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thanks for the follow! very cool blog here… keep it rocking!
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precisely the question I’ve been wrestling with. All of the above fit the bill of a c.p’er.
Only thing I would add tho, is that while all church planters must be “catalytic people” not all “catalytic people” are church planters. There is room for catalysts even outside of the c.p. endeavor.
Hang in there; it’s a tuff game…
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Pete & John, thanks for reading and for your comments. Looking forward to engaging in some dialogue with you in the future :0
Wayne, I totally agree with you that not all catalytic people are church planters. I think all effective cult leaders are catalytic people that aren’t church planters. Thanks for your insight!
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Pete Sung
10 Nov 08 at 1:27 pm