1. NEXTGENChurch Plants Five Lessons LearnedChurch Plants

2. A Little Bit of History 3. 1. Your Roots Will Be Exposed. 4. Rooted ...As the branch cannotbear fruit of itself, unlessit abides in the vine,neither can you, , unlessyou abide in me...he whoabides in me and I in himbears much fruits. John 15:4-5, 9 5. We face death Death by Burnout (1500pastors monthly) Death by Moral Failure (1500) Death by Irrelevancesurrounding culture Death byDivision within 6. Who you are... We set young leaders up fora fall if we encourage themto envision what they can dobefore they consider thekind of person that theyshould be ~Ruth Haley Barton 7. 4 deadly sins The Sin of Comparison = Envy The Sin of Performance = SelfReliance The Sin of Overconfidence =Foolishness The Sin of Entitlement = Greed 8. Character He who is noble plansnoble things, and onnoble things hestands. Isaiah32:8 9. 2. See it, Inspire and Point the way! 10. No wonder there ischaos Without vision peoplerun wild, but one wholistens to instructionwill be happy.Prov. 29:18 11. If it doesnt bother youthen why bother? When I heard thesethings, I sat down andwept. For some days Imourned and fastedand prayed before theGod of heaven.Neh. 1:4 12. It bothers you cause itis a problem Whats the problem yourvision solves? ...If it pleases the king and ifyour servant has found favorin his sight, let him send meto the city in Judah wheremy ancestors are buried sothat I can rebuild it.Neh.2:5 13. Ministry pre-sets Set-destination Set-pre-decisions Set-Focus 14. Vision NeedsWheels Whats your strategy? What are the steps to getthem there? Think steps notprograms. 15. Its Gods vision What God originates, heorchestrates. You are responsible to dowhat you know to do, whatyou can do... A divine vision is limitedonly by Gods potential andresources 16. 3. You are a Culture Maker: Good or Bad. 17. Culture Think of an apple! Skin: Behaviors | What wedo. Flesh: Values | Why we dowhat we do. Core: Beliefs | What webelieve. Look before you Lead! 18. Avoid the drifts We have to be careful ofthe drift toward insidersand away from outsiders The drift toward law andaway from grace The drift towardpreserving rather anadvancing 19. Next Gen Churches Its a missional call: Themissional church definesitself by and organizes itslife around mission. AlanHirsch Its a discipleship call:Disciples who makedisciples 20. Discipleship is theantidote Bystander effect Consumeristic effect Anti-Adventist effect Unhealthy home effect Wrong picture of Godeffect 21. Next Gen.Discipleship Conversation: FromMonologue to Dialogue Relationship: Frominvasion to invitational Community: Individual tocommunity Gospel: From temporal toeternal Protege 22. 4. Big Eyes, Hard head and Thick Skin 23. Not if but when... Change means movement.Movement means friction.Only in the frictionless vacuumof a non-existent abstractworld can movement orchange occur without thatabrasive friction of conflict. ~SaulAlinsky, Rules for Radicals 24. If its a vision, it willbe challenged But when Sanballat, Tobiah, theArabs, the Ammonites and thepeople of Ashdod heard that therepairs to Jerusalems walls hadgone ahead and that the gapswere being closed, they werevery angry. They all plottedtogether to come and fightagainst Jerusalem and stir uptrouble against it. But we prayedto our God and posted a guardday and night to meet this threat.Neh. 4:7-9 25. Be missional or bemiserable People who demand themost serve the least People with an inwardmentality causeproblems. 26. Two Responses Conflict avoiders: In thename of love, peace andharmony. Conflict Evokers: Bring iton! Graceless, bold andscary. ~ Protege by SteveSaccone 27. Distractions Dont waste your timewith haters Dont let haters set youragenda. 28. 5. Lead or Someone Else Will. 29. Leadership starts athome Ministry is the idol of many. Dont sacrifice your family atthe altar of ministry Our unique calling:Husband and dad Everything else someoneelse can do! 30. Responsibility What can they expect ofyou What will you expect ofthem 31. Leadership isCommunication Meet every 3 months to Re-fresh: Re-vision Re-Evaluate: Whatsworking and what is not? Re-vamp: What needs todie? What needs tochange? Create? Re-send: Mission 32. Lead Moses: 7 excuses notto lead Gods answer: I AMWITH YOU. LEAD MYPEOPLE!