One of the greatest mistakes I see planters make is they start pastoring their people the moment they get a crowd and stop thinking like a church planter. Before launch, we are all about building relationships, getting out in the community, staying active and visable to people, then we launch and every thing changes. Instead of doing what you were doing and should still be doing, you start pastoring the small crowd you have.

Right now, if I let them, I could stay busy all day long just “pastoring” the people of RSC. Between counseling, doctors visits, telephone calls, returning e-mails, etc. I could stay so busy that I never get out to get new people in.

Remember whatever you start with is going to be very hard to change later. Start and stay with a planters mindset. Equip your leaders to do the pastoral things that hinder you from building the church.

Remember the mindset you had before you launched? Stay with that mindset and don’t change that mindset too soon. If you do, those 50 you have now, will be the same 50 you have a year from now.

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