This weekend I had lunch with a couple who pastor a new church in Illinois. When I say "new church" I mean a church that has had "public services" for a year (in a movie theater) and is running between 160 and 180 people. Sounds like quick success, doesn't it?
But the real story is that they have been at this "church planting" business for 8 years. They lost their entire core group (except one family) at the end of year two, and had to start again. They have "launched" their church three different times, with two different names.
When I asked what kept them going, the answer was simple: They knew this was what God wanted them to do. One of them said: "I knew that even if the Lord returned and I was still working two jobs, trying to get a core group together, it was okay. It's what I'm supposed to do."
I know that for some people, talking to this couple might be very discouraging. Seven years to publicly launch??
But for me, I found it encouraging. It tells me I'm not crazy.
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