A week ago, Emily and I met with Neal McGlohon, a Church Planting Strategist with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Neal is a great guy, and has been a friend to us for several years. His children were part of our student ministry in Charlotte.
Neal graciously gave us his day off so that we could ask him our church planting strategy questions. Neal has helped a ton of church planters over the years, and he knows his stuff. He helped us to see ourselves as missionaries to the NE Knoxville area, instead of just a couple who is starting a new church in the area.
This realization was awesome for us! We are already missionaries (to West Virginia) and seeing ourselves that way is easy. We are just moving to a new town, with the knowledge that a church will eventually meet because of that. In the meantime, we will serve our new community and the people inside it and share God's love with them.
Of course, Neal shared all kinds of other stuff with us, too! His help was invaluable.
The takeaway: a church planting strategy coach is a must! Find someone who has more experience or knows more than you about church planting, and get their ideas. You'll be glad you did!
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