Green Means Go

We have spent the past week in Dallas, TX with Growing Healthy Churches Network.

They have been assessing church planters for some 18 years.

The week was somewhat like being on a reality TV show. We were put through personality profiling, were asked to do presentations, had to work together on teams to accomplish different tasks, were interviewed (interrogated).

At the end of the week, as one large group we were given just a few hours to develop and then present a plan on establishing a church movement in a particular city over a range of locations and campuses.

Then we were asked to make a presentation of our plan to three investors who would decide if theyt approved of our plan.

And in reality, we were being asssessed all the time. They told us that at the end of the week we would be given our results.

If we were given a red light by the staff, then we would be better off not planting a church.

If we were given a yellow light, then we might make good church planters, but not now.

A green light means "You should plant a church and plant one now."

We were thankful that the experienced and intense staff gave us a solid green light.

Thank you, Lord, for continuing to confirm our call.