A couple days ago I posted what my have been construed as negative statistics towards church plants. Please understand that I am very much pro-plants (the church kind, not so much the botany kind). That's what actually drew me to the multi-site model. It operates like a plant, but with stronger backing.
My point in discussing church plants over the past couple days is that:
1) church planting is hard work
2) church planting fails a lot
3) church planting need help and support from all over to make it happen
The SBC Report (NAMB) has posted a series of reports on Church Planting Survivability and Health Study. Earlier I posted/blogged on Part 2 of the Report: "How Many Church Plants Really Survive"? In due fairness, check out Part 3 of the Report: "10 Factors for Higher Attendance in Church Plants", or better yet, read the full report (all four parts). Farbeit for me to say that the SBC is the expert on church planting, but I think the full report gives an overall feel for the experience...good and bad.
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