Free Advice

I’ve been meaning to post this thought for a while.

One of the key things I am teaching our staff right now is something I learned very quickly in planting. Those people who visit your church one time and instantly they have found the perfect church, are ready to sign up to serve everywhere, and are totally into your vision, they won’t be around long.

Most planters are so excited to have someone appear to buy in to their vision that they jump on these type of people. I have learned that these people won’t normally cause you problems but they will very quickly fall off the face of the earth. They are normally needy people who want a lot of attention and are excited at first that you are giving it to them but once you get them settled in and they don’t get all your attention they end up just vanishing.

Be excited when people are excited after a first visit but realize that you need to watch them and move semi-slow with them because they probably won’t be around long.

I have seen it time and time again.