An Interesting Perspective on Church Planting

I have a friend who, like myself, was largely kicked out of the established Anglican church. While I went to Rome, he decided to go more Protestant, or at least more conservative Anglican. In the Catholic world, he would largely be labeled a "rad trad" but he has a good heart. While I don't agree with him on some things, he does understand about what it means to be a church planter, something that I think both the Catholic Church and other ecclesial bodies or denominations are not exceptionally good at as whole. 

There are exceptions, of course. Religious orders and certain Protestant denominations that do church planting well do it very well indeed, but on the whole, it's a mixed bag of (some) success and (more likely) failure. Church planting is extremely hard, but in some ways might actually be easier than entering an existing church that is dying or dead because you get to start with a clean slate. 

He wrote a very insightful substack article on his experience 2.5 years into a church plant on the coast of the UK. He has his own issues, axes to grind, and is a bit more political than I am generally comfortable with in terms of clergy, but he truly loves Jesus and otherwise has good theological insight about a lot of things. 

I don't often post links to stuff from our Protestant brethren too often any more, but his article is absolutely fantastic. Church planting is truly a gift, and wisdom from someone who knows how to do it by listening to God is a rare treat. 

So, credit where credit is due.