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We asked, and you responded: What was the biggest takeaway from your first year of church planting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPastoring a church plant IS NOT the same as leading an established church.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Sean Rheaume<\/a>, senior pastor of Live Oak Church in Johns Island, South Carolina<\/p>\n

\u201cI have everything I need right now to do exactly what God\u2019s calling me to do. Plan ahead and do the lattice work for where we\u2019re going, but I have everything, right now, to do what God\u2019s called me to do, today!\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Chris Phillips<\/a>, lead pastor of Journey Point Church in Denver, Colorado<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m responsible for all of my failures, but none of my successes!\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Michael T. Byrd Sr<\/a>., lead pastor of Faith Community Bible Church in St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will lose people and you will gain people. The Lord decides how long they stay. Be faithful to train the people you have.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Dale Huntington<\/a>, lead pastor of City Life Church, San Diego, California<\/p>\n

\u201cLoving people in tangible ways leads to cultivated ground ready for Gospel Seeds.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Darryl Brunson<\/a>, church planter in Livingston, Montana<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard, but keep going.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Billy Lowe<\/a>, lead pastor of City Church in Alpharetta, Georgia<\/p>\n

\u201cI was amazed at how many smaller churches came alongside us as a Send Network plant, because of NAMB\u2019s networking power \u2014 and how much happened because of their prayers.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Keith Pierce<\/a>, director of missions for Clinton Baptist Association in Tennessee<\/p>\n

\u201c[Church planting] is a lot harder than starting a business. You are dealing with spiritual opposition. Read Ephesians 6.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014@tikunkel<\/a>, a church planter in South America with the IMB for 30-plus years<\/p>\n

\u201cPrioritize the Word of God \u2014 not ideas, programs, or how another church planter \u2018did it.\u2019
\n<\/em>Read the Word!
\n<\/em>Discuss the Word among leadership!
\n<\/em>Teach the Word in large group and small groups!
\n<\/em>Create and establish everything based on principles of the Word!
\n<\/em>Live out the Word!\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Russell Davis<\/a>, pastor of Etowah Church in Dawsonville, Georgia<\/p>\n

\u201cOur expectations for the first year and the realities of the first year will look very different from one another.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Keith Radke<\/a>, pastor of River Community Church in West Jordan, Utah<\/p>\n

\u201cChurch planting is far more challenging than anticipated. Spiritual warfare is far more serious than expected. BUT God is far more real than imagined.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Ben Hurt<\/a>, pastor of Gospel Community Church in Goshen, Indiana<\/p>\n

\u201cChristians, together, plant churches \u2014 not just pastors. The need for a healthy team of Christians to own and share the work of ministry is essential.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Morgan Proudfoot<\/a>, lead pastor of Grace Harbor Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

\u201cGod is faithful!\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Dustin Haile<\/a>, church planter at Gateway Church in Mount Vernon, Illinois<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a marathon, not a sprint.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u2014Wayne Campbell<\/a>, pastor of The Potter\u2019s House Community Church in Westbank, British Columbia<\/p>\n

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