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  One of Foursquare’s missional objectives is church and congregation multiplication. Here’s some practical advice on how we as church leaders can help pastors in the making prepare to plant new churches. By Bill Gross January 26, 2016   Have you ever wondered how to spot good church planters? Practical wisdom says to look for the kind of person others want to follow, but I’m not sure that is always true. BILL GROSS There weren’t a lot of people lining up to follow Saul of Tarsus—there were quite a few running from him, in fact—but no one was following. No one was following Peter the fisherman or Matthew the tax collector or Zacchaeus the “wee little man.” But these men were the very people Jesus picked to lead a spiritual revolution. The best church planters are young apostles in the making: full of radical ideas, as frustrating as can be, and wonderfully direct in their belief in the power of God and their desire to reach everyone with the gospel. They are filled with a passio