Church PLANT Manual

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2. The flesh is the traitor within, sabotaging your best intentions and commitments, Gal. 5:16-24. 3. The devil is the god of this world, accusing, tempting, and undermining all you seek to do for Christ, Eph. 6:10-12. B. The difficulties you face will be multiple, constant, mind-boggling, and exhausting (John 15:18-21; James 1:2-3; 1 Pet. 1:6-7; 5:8-9). C. Stuff that normally happens in an effective church planting ministry: 1. You are forced to operate understaffed and under-planned. 4. Your plans go completely south. 5. You lack the proper equipment. 6. The ragged equipment you have gives up the ghost. 7. You run out of money, time, and energy. 8. You or other trusted workers get sick, at the absolutely wrong time. 9. You lose support, financially, spiritually, personally. 10. Your students, mentors, volunteers quit. 11. You become disillusioned and quit! 2. Undelegated work falls in your lap. 3. Trusted team members quit or fight.