Money wasters

As a church planter, you want to maximize your financial resources. Converge church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee help you avoid some purchasing pitfalls they’ve seen over the years.

0:54 One of Danny’s biggest pet peeves is haphazard marketing, including misusing mailers and radio ads.

2:37 Danny talks about how many mailers you need to send out to see a return on your investment.

3:54 As an alternative to mailers, Danny recommends spending money on your church website and social media ads.

4:46 Lee and Danny discuss the dangers of being a "conference junkie."

6:23 Lee’s biggest pet peeve is spending money on staff positions that could be filled with volunteers.

9:06 Danny shares his thoughts on paying for musicians or using volunteers.

10:53 Lee warns about investing too much of your resources into technology and neglecting the development of your volunteers and culture.

12:19 Lee talks about how a consultant helped his first church plant save a lot of money.

13:58 Danny says his church plant invested a lot of money in a church management system that they used for a couple of years and then had to start completely over.