On This Rock - A Church Planting Sampler

88 • O N T HIS R OCK : A C HURCH P LANTING S AMPLER

Source: Ripe for Harvest, pp. 65-74

• Willingness to be in a protracted conflict ~ Armies continue fighting even when they know they will be defeated. ~ Prolonging the war reduces the humiliation of defeat. ~ You need help to be victorious but also when to minimize your losses. ~ “Encouraging people to pledge themselves to survival is an admission of defeat” (George Barna). • Experience. “I’ve been here a long time and I know what’s been going on. I’ve been in this community for twelve years and I know this isn’t going to work.”

Process that addresses barriers and benefits, and is both deliberate and emergent:

• Deliberate: Decide now, before it’s too late. • Emergent: Face when it comes.

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