Church plants, despite their vibrant vision and promise of fresh starts, often recreate the same dysfunctional patterns they aimed to escape. This honest look at church planting reveals why passionate vision without healthy structure leads many new churches to repeat old mistakes.
• Church plants frequently begin as reactions rather than strategies, defining themselves by what they're not
• Lack of accountability systems creates vulnerability when guardrails are needed most
• Culture is assumed rather than intentionally built, leading to drift when challenges arise
• When the founding pastor becomes the brand, the church becomes dangerously dependent on one personality
• Burnout happens faster than expected due to performance pressure, financial stress, and emotional weight
• Sustainability requires balancing passion with accountability from the beginning
• Church planters and revitalization pastors face some of the most difficult roles in ministry
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