I needed this article, like really bad. I have participated in one church plant that was fully funded. The BIG SPLASH type of church plant, and it is still successful. I have held most staff positions in established church, but never senior pastor. Just recently, I was on the phone with my pastor from when I was a teenager. He asked me WHY I am not a PASTOR. I did not have a good answer. Ever since then, I have been impressed to begin the process of planting a church. I’m 42, I don’t have my degree, but I have been in full time, part time and volunteer ministry for 20 years. But I have a lot of ideas about the church, what it SHOULD NOT BE, and what it SHOULD BE. Both categories are flawed. Pray for me. Brooksville, Florida.