Revitalize and Replant

8 Reasons You Must Have "Skin Like Samsonite" to Be a Revitalizing Pastor

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 In this episode, Mark, Mark, and Dan discuss why thick skin is necessary for church replanters and revitalizers.

  1. Your peers may think you are nuts for going to that church.
  2. Your in-laws and family (and maybe even your spouse) may think you are nuts.
  3. You won’t get much praise or accolades for serving in a dying church…at least not from people.
  4. If you indeed leading Holy Spirit-directed change in a declining church, you will almost always encounter opposition – sometimes a lot of it.
  5. It’s likely to be very hard financially.
  6. Your wife and kids may not feel at ease with the tension around the change needed for revitalization.
  7. Some of the people who were the strongest supporters may become your greatest critics.
  8. You will step on landmines you didn’t even know existed.
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