Perry Noble gives us the Top Ten Mistakes Church Planters/Pastors Make.

I like #4 - Listening To The Wrong People

“Christians are the ONLY people in the world who will buy a book and read it…and the author has never done what he has written about…all he has is theories. NO ONE in the secular world would do that crap! Seriously, if I wrote a book on surgery and then tried to say, “Buy my book…my wife is a doctor,” there isn’t a doctor in this country that would think my book was necessary for success…but many church planters are victims of that exact scenario. That is equal to asking your bankrupt brother-in-law for financial advice…it just doesn’t make sense.”

True. But Christians aren’t the only fools like this. For example, look how many child-rearing experts (psychologists) write books on child-rearing … and they’ve never raised a child. Or how many divorced people write books on successful marriages. PT Barnum was right. There’s one born every minute.

Bob
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Bob Pratico
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