building a church

Assumptions for building a church from a 1994 Leadership and Church Planting Conference with John Wimber.

That you:

a. Have already been led to the location and people that you are to minister to.
b. Have not made the mistake of committing to a planned/programmatic approach to your ministry

Gathering and forming principles:

A. Keep it simple, i.e., specialty shop vs supermarket

B. Build with:

1. An eye to the future
2. An ear tuned to the Lord
3. Your feet on the ground
4. Your heart pure in God's sight

C. Seven Constants

1. Constantly tell your story
2. Constantly tell His story
3. Constantly explain the mysteries of life
4. Constantly disciple
5. Constantly expand the infrastructure
6. Constantly live in brokenness
7. Constantly re-evaluate and be flexible in what you are doing

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