Paul the Apostle was a church planter. His writings in the New Testament are a chronicle of starting new churches from scratch.
History also tells us that Paul was bald. Both are symptoms of a guy with extra testosterone!
When God gives a man extra testosterone (T+), it enables him to take bigger risks for the Kingdom (starting new churches from scratch).
The Spirit brings together biology and calling for God's work!
The lead-up to a new church builds tension. The public launch releases a burst of excitement. And the inevitable holy hangover is tension-free. This powerful cycle of energy is both spiritually-driven and biologically-hardwired into men. T+ guys will regularly experience cycles of a short buildup of tension followed by a gratifying and decisive release.
Think about it: when a guy is faced with a challenge, stress, or threat, his body is put on major alert. Will he fight or take flight? Will he seize the moment or seize the escape? This tension-release loop is part of manhood and explains the competitive nature of guys. When a guy has T+, he will feel a higher compulsion toward the cycle of tension-release. Whether its bar fights, debates, sex, or sports, its all tied to testosterone.
If a guy finds no creative (and legal) way to complete the tension-release cycle, he will go underground to angrily lash out later in destructive acts. Or it will grow within him into depression, torturing self-criticism, or painful feelings of hopelessness.
This is why calling and purpose are so important:
if you're a guy with a truck-load of testosterone, you need Jesus to not just guide you spiritually, but also biologically!
T+ is a recipe for either chaos or creativity; the intersection is God's calling.
When we look at science through the lens of scripture, we realize that God gives T+ to certain men to accomplish certain tasks. Whether its Samson or Saul, we see mighty men wired naturally for supernatural tasks.
The tension-release cycle helps us understand not only the launching of new churches, but also the launching of new message series and programs. The build-up is both spiritually and biologically driven in a man as it builds tension. The kick-off is the release and the resulting holy hangover is the result of chemical depletion in the body.
God uses testosterone for His glory and Kingdom expansion.
Understanding the biology of T+ guys is simply another element toward predicting church planting success.
