1. Don’t Rush Leadership Plurality.
Many of us who plant churches believe in plural leadership. We are committed to plurality because of the biblical teaching on elders.
But I have seen so many church plants go sideways because of bad leadership decisions early on. Assembling an internal elder team two years into a church plant can force a planter to install men as elders who are not at all ready for this role. Assembling an elder team two years into a church plant is normally a recipe for disaster because giving the title of elder is a lot easier than taking it away.
For all of you nay-saying plurality lovers, I am not recommending dictatorial leadership. Plurality is the goal, but my point is that you don’t have to be there in five minutes.
Follow the advisory team structure that I refer to in my previous post for your first several years. This will be your plurality. In time, you will build local plurality as men are tested over a period of years.
And remember — church planting is a 10-year adventure rather than a three-year adventure, so slow down!
