Pitfalls of a church plant:

• Prayer Warriors: We speak, read, talk, preach, teach, argue, and worry about prayer, yet few actually do it consistently! Remember, you are not running a business, but engaging in a war, and prayer is not the preparation for that war, prayer is the war. 
• Heart Warmers:  Since "90 percent of all people who visit a church make up their mind about coming back before the pastor gets up to speak!" (Barna Research 1994) these people are one of the most important elements in your congregation. Most churches think of themselves as "warm and friendly", but in many of them you can skate down the aisle. 
• Rescuers: More than just seeing outsiders as lost, unconverted, heathens, non-Adventists, or unbelievers, they see them as "the people that God misses the most". They are willing to sacrifice personal taste, preference and parking space to make church a more inviting place. 
• Tireless: It takes 110% commitment to plant a church; these will give you 150%.  Jose Rojas says churches are comprised of three types of people: the tired, the tiresome, and the tireless. Recruit the latter, pray for the former, and avoid the one in the middle!
• Discerners: They have the God-given gift of detecting problems in the body, even before others notice something is wrong. Churches have been traditionally one of the organizations that are most resistant to evaluation, so, listen to these people!  If they sense something is amiss, pay attention.

• Have a clear vision.  A clear vision can do two things: Exclude the uncommitted and attract winners.
• Have a concise, written description and expectations of the leaders that you or someone can teach to them. Nothing is worse than a manual without instruction.
• Have a yearly retreat with leaders, both present and potential.  There is something that happens in a well planned leadership retreat weekend that can bring positive results year-round.
• Have patience.  You don't just want more people, you want the right people. Remember, the first 200 people will determine the next 800 people.

Thanks to Carolyn Winchell for passing along this collection of quotes on freedom:

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

 - William Pit The Younger 1783

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the right to be free.

 - Charles Evans Hughes

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.

- Robert Jackson 1943

To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be avoided at all costs. Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

 - Bertrand Russell 1930