When Church Plants Don't Work Out (with Dan Steel)

Not every church plant works out how we planned. How do we reflect well on church planting and plan accordingly? In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Dan Steel (Lead Pastor, Magdelen Road Church, Oxford) to discuss his experience of church planting and some research he has done with church plants that struggle. 00:00 - Introduction 01:58 - Realism in Christian ministry 03:21 - Experiences in church planting 07:09 - Reflecting on church life 09:25 - Research into church plants that went wrong 14:54 - Risk and church planting 19:07 - Building effective church planting teams 23:22 - Acknowledging the potential for failure 27:11 - The church planting scene in the UK No, there is not a Sydney in the UK! Resources mentioned in this episode Dan Steel on Why Some Church Plants Fail (acts29.simplecast.com) The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast (christianitytoday.com) 'Planting Questions' research website (plantingquestions.com) You can watch a video of this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel. About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter