passion play

Tally Wilgis is lead pastor of Focal Point Church and has a great blog over at TallyWilgis.Com. He and his wonderful family (WilgisFamily.Com) planted Focal Point in March of 2004, and have seen wonderful things in Chesapeake, Virginia. So what does he have to say to church planters? He has three posts over at his blog (linked at the bottom) that really go into detail, but the gist of all three are:

• A Few Pointers About Planting:
  
• If you can do anything else, do it.
• If you have a choice, plant with a team.
• If you’re not a natural leader, you will get eaten alive.
• Church plants are built off of the vision and leadership of the lead pastor.
  
• Do a few things and do them well.
• Get networked.

• Things He Would’ve Done Otherwise:
• Raised more money before going public.
• Make it harder to join the church: this gets closer to ensuring commitment.
• Build to a critical mass.
• Pushed the envelope (negotiate harder) for the facility.
• Gone without an office for a longer period of time.
• Obeyed the instinct.

• The One Thing For Tally? Preach for the lost, not for ones wanting depth.

Great stuff from Tally. Tomorrow? We’ll hear from Tadd Grandstaff, who has a blog at TaddGrandstaff.Com.

Here are the original links to Tally’s posts:

1. Keep In Mind
2. My Mistakes
3. Deeper Discussion