Brad Martin: http://www.bradmartin.org
Lead Pastor: RiverPoint Church in Halstead, KS
Personal Notes: I have never met Brad in person, but have been following his blog for some time. He sent this in the other day, and I thought it was TOO RICH not to share!  Thanks, Brad!

What advice would you give to a guy that has been called into church planting, but sometimes feels that he has no idea what he is doing?

Brad's Answer:

Don't Be Afraid To Let People Go From Your Team

This is a big one, and one that has helped from day one. From the very beginning of our church planting journey, I have always struggled with this. I know people are important to church planting, but not all people. When we first began searching for our launch team, we were looking for the right people. The right people were people who were passionate about reaching lost people! But just like every other church plant, the devil sent us some of the wrong people to trip us up! The wrong people wanted their agenda, their way, their leadership, etc. They wanted us to adopt their vision from what they liked.

I was told by my mentors, "Don't be afraid to let people go!" They were so right. If I would've kept those few people that were so far off our page and drowning in committees and crap. Having the freedom to let people go have been great for us. If we meet people and they are not sold out to the vision of RiverPoint Church, then they don't belong at RiverPoint Church. And that's OK! We're never mean to the people, just ok with letting them go.