Dave Harvey has been doing a helpful series of posts explaining how Sovereign Grace plants churches.
He explains that they have certain “governors” in place that determine the speed at which they plant.
A governor is something that controls the speed of an engine. Install a governor and it slows you down; pop it off and you go much faster. When it comes to church planting, Sovereign Grace has intentionally installed certain governors—values that help us control the speed and quality of our growth.
Here are the five “governors”:
- A commitment to finding the right guy.
- A commitment to providing the right guy with the right resources.
- A commitment to actively care for a church planter before he goes and after he arrives.
- A commitment to ensure that Sovereign Grace values run deep in church plants.
- A commitment to endurance, not just impact.
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