Church planting - the creation of new Christian communities for missionary reasons - is becoming increasingly accepted among the larger churches and denominations in Europe. As church plants in the secular parts of Europe are usually underresourced, and remain small, the normalization of this entrepreneurial approach of church and mission raises the question of its sustainability. Part of the answer to this question lies in the resilience of church planters; that is, those who lead these enterprises. In this paper we present the results of a qualitative study of European church planters, with a view to their coping with what often appears to be a mixture of high expectations, unclear structures, and a difficult "market." This research shows the particular nature of crises in the life of a church planter, while identifying sources of resilience. Its results are relevant both for the assessment of church planting projects, and for the training and coaching of church planters.

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欧洲教会植堂者的危机和韧性

植堂 - 出于传教原因创建新的基督教社区 - 越来越被欧洲较大的教会和教派所接受。由于欧洲世俗地区的教会工厂通常资源不足，而且规模很小，这种教会和使命的创业方法的正常化引发了其可持续性的问题。这个问题的部分答案在于植堂者的韧性；也就是领导这些企业的人。在本文中，我们展示了对欧洲教会建立者进行的定性研究的结果，目的是让他们应对通常似乎是高期望、不明确结构和困难“市场”的混合体。这项研究显示了教会建立者生活中危机的特殊性质，同时确定弹性的来源。其结果与建立教会项目的评估以及教会建立者的培训和辅导相关。