In this episode, Mark, Mark, and Dan discuss why thick skin is necessary for church replanters and revitalizers.
- Your peers may think you are nuts for going to that church.
- Your in-laws and family (and maybe even your spouse) may think you are nuts.
- You won’t get much praise or accolades for serving in a dying church…at least not from people.
- If you indeed leading Holy Spirit-directed change in a declining church, you will almost always encounter opposition – sometimes a lot of it.
- It’s likely to be very hard financially.
- Your wife and kids may not feel at ease with the tension around the change needed for revitalization.
- Some of the people who were the strongest supporters may become your greatest critics.
- You will step on landmines you didn’t even know existed.
Revitalize and Replant