When a sports team becomes successful over a period of time - it will inevitably draw a ton of new “fans”. Every great team (minus the Spurs) has a significant bandwagon following.

The same is true when it comes to church planting. Right now, it seems that planting churches is the thing to do. There are a lot of church plants that are experiencing tremendous success and a lot of people are aspiring to follow in their footsteps. That is GREAT, but here are a few thoughts…

Planting a church because it’s cool? - buy a new car…
Planting a church because it is exciting? - go jump out of an airplane…
Planting a church because you hate the one you’re in? - find a new one…
Planting a church b/c you want to be the “lead” pastor? - get over yourself

Don’t misunderstand this post…By all means - plant churches. Just make sure that the MAIN reason that you are planting looks like this…

Planting a church because God has called you to do so? - Go for it!

Any other reason and you WILL fail. God’s call is the only thing that will sustain you. Bandwagon fans jump ship when times get tough. Bandwagon church planters do the same. Be the real deal. Answer the call - just make sure that is what you are answering.