Keep the Vision Alive
During those early months and years, it may be very hard, discouarging and hard to tell whether what you have done will survive or not. You are the one who is carrying around the vision for the new church, you are the one who is driving it forward, so you need to find ways, by God's grace, to keep it alive:
- Set aside a day for prayer once a month.
- Keep teaching the Bible. Find some context to keep opening the Bible. This is where the motivation for you ministry is coming from, don't dethrone it for the sake of strategy.
- Keep reading books about church planting to keep yourself sharp.
- Have some friends and mentors who are keenly interested in the project. Their enthusiasm for the project may prove more constant than yours.
- Make sure you continue to repeat the vision to your team. The more they grasp it, the more momentum you will have.
