Converge church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss how to instill the DNA of multiplication into the life of a church plant.

0:55 Lee talks about how to think about multiplication before you even launch.
1:20 Lee says the first step is being intentional about creating vision alignment around why multiplication is important.
1:30 Lee discusses common questions (objections) he’s heard: Don’t we have enough churches already? Why would we plant new churches when there are already churches that are dying and looking to be rehabilitated?
3:40 Danny explains why it’s important to teach sacrifice before you teach multiplication.
4:40 Lee says the reality is you won’t become a multiplying church if you don’t want to; nobody’s going to force it on you.
5:15 Lee talks about three costs of being a multiplying church.
6:35 Danny talks about how long it took for his church’s new sites to become self-sustaining.
8:05 Lee encourages sending churches to decrease the amount of money they’re giving a church plant over time to keep them “hungry” and help them become self-sustaining.
9:30 Danny says that it takes generosity (finances and personnel) to become a multiplying church.
10:30 Lee talks about the time and personnel costs for the sending church.
11:35 Lee encourages churches to set aside a portion of their income to invest in the future new work.
12:50 Danny says he’s seen over and over how God blesses generous churches.
14:10 Lee recaps the episode and says this is just the first of several episodes in this series talking about steps a church can take to become a multiplying church.