Enjoyable short book on author’s reflections after 4 years of church planting. The main points are, it seems to me:
- make preparing for and preaching the word the main focus of your ministry. Three dangers: misplaced pragmatism (thinking other practical matters will build a church); pride (you glorify yourself); lack of confidence in God’s word (everything else will fall into place).
- get structures sorted – confession, membership, elders, deacons. Don’t worry about mission statements, and vision statements.
- personal holiness. Mckinley goes into detail about his marital problems that were left unaddressed until he started to revitalise a church.
- Train men. this is necessary so that the church is able to minister to the needs of the church, not just the pastor.
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