Category: Church Plant
How will you know when your church plant is ready for you to leave?
Can you prepare for that day from the beginning of the work?
In our blog, “https://www.goandplant.com/having-an-exit-plan-from-the-start,” we noted that an Exit Plan, or Transition Plan, is our vision of the essential parts of the planted church that we need to see in place and functioning that will indicate to us that this church will continue to thrive without us and that our work as church planters is done. When these are present, we know that we can either transition out to a new role such as equipper and mentor, or we can move on to begin a work in a new area. Today we will look at an example of an exit plan from an urban church plant in an open country.

For years as a young church planter, I longed for outside guidance and input about my efforts to plant churches. From time to time an experienced church planter would speak even just a few words into my ministry and it would give me the new thoughts and direction I needed.
I also longed for practical help that would enable me to move ahead and be more effective as I faced the different phases or aspects of planting a church: