As we continue down through our list of church planting facts, I'm only going to cover one principle in this post. There's a simple reason for this. It's Saturday evening when I'm typing. I just returned from preaching one of our services and I have four more to preach in the morning. Enjoy.
13. Your preparation was entirely inadequate.
It's real simple: No matter what seminary training you've had, how many books you've read or how many conferences you've attended, nothing can truly prepare you for the highs and lows of church planting. There's just something about the absolute thrill of just "going for it" that you can't learn any other way. I certainly think you should be well informed and strongly educated but in the end you'll have no idea what you are doing until you step into the actual role of planting the church. And once you do, you'll still have no idea what you are doing. There is truly nothing more exhilarating, exciting, uplifting , discouraging, menacing and ridiculous than launching from nothing. As the old timers have always said, "Experience is the greatest teacher". When it comes to learning all you can before you launch, you should indeed save yourself a lot of headache and learn from as many others as possible. However, MAKE SURE you get information, tips and teaching from someone who has actually done or is doing what you're wanting to do. Just because some guy claims to have knowledge in an area doesn't mean he's ever tried out his area of "expertise". It's like a fat man selling diet pills. I'm not buying pills from a guy that their not working for personally. At the end of the day all you really need to know is what Jesus tells us at the conclusion to the story of the Good Samaritan. It's as simple and Biblical as it gets. "Go and do Thou likewise". The quickest way to learn is to start. So, if your called to it, then get to it.
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