Pastors wouldn’t go to conferences on how to tell a story or how to be relevant or how to raise up new leaders or how to organize a church. Pastors would go to conferences that encourage and refresh and minister to them.
We wouldn’t know the names of the pastors of big churches.
People outside the Church may actually be attracted to the Church again, instead of skeptical of and annoyed by us.
Wow coming from a small church, it so evident we measure success of God by numbers and it shouldn’t be that way. I definitely think this is a step in the right direction…
It was just today that I felt down. I felt that I was failing God and failing the supporters of my ministry by not having the “numbers” I thought I should have. I felt so terrible that I questioned God’s calling to the ministry. I lost sight of the fact that it’s not about how many people you can get to your small group. (Wouldn’t you then call it a large group? I digress…) It’s about answering a calling.
Los – This was much needed. I’m not sure it’s a question of ‘what happens if we do this’. I think it’s a matter of ‘this has to happen’.
Finding our identity in Christ is the Gospel. Trying to find legitimacy in anything else moves us away from Christ. It’s tough, but even Jesus said, “On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”
I’d take it a step further and say that we need to take a long hard look at whether or not we legitimise our “faith” through our religious activity…ie…we go to church, or we work ourselves silly on church stuff, therefore we are good Christians.
I watched The Nines because my pastor and friend Dino Rizzo was on it and Anne Jackson. I happened to see a few other speakers throughout the day, Skye was one of them. It made a lasting impact. I soon after ordered his book, The Divine Commodity, started reading his blog and listening to his sermons, and then I got to see him speak at Story09. I believe he has become the John the Baptist for this generation of church leaders. It’s just so easy to be sucked into the consumer mentality, the church is eyeballs deep in it. His message is a wake up call that we have to reevaluate this course. We have to get our focus back on what it really important. He is sounding the trumpet.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing that. It has been on my mind since I saw it on Monday. I long for a day when I can completely overcome the burden of legitimacy based on results. It’s hard to keep a balanced view when you have a vision and that vision has not yet been fulfilled completely. Thanks again.
RAIN IT DOWN
That’s really good.
Pastors wouldn’t go to conferences on how to tell a story or how to be relevant or how to raise up new leaders or how to organize a church. Pastors would go to conferences that encourage and refresh and minister to them.
We wouldn’t know the names of the pastors of big churches.
People outside the Church may actually be attracted to the Church again, instead of skeptical of and annoyed by us.
Wow coming from a small church, it so evident we measure success of God by numbers and it shouldn’t be that way. I definitely think this is a step in the right direction…
It was just today that I felt down. I felt that I was failing God and failing the supporters of my ministry by not having the “numbers” I thought I should have. I felt so terrible that I questioned God’s calling to the ministry. I lost sight of the fact that it’s not about how many people you can get to your small group. (Wouldn’t you then call it a large group? I digress…) It’s about answering a calling.
Thanks for this reminder.
Loving the redesign. Nice TOMS!
There’s a lot of freedom in this message. Thanks for sharing Los!
Los – This was much needed. I’m not sure it’s a question of ‘what happens if we do this’. I think it’s a matter of ‘this has to happen’.
Finding our identity in Christ is the Gospel. Trying to find legitimacy in anything else moves us away from Christ. It’s tough, but even Jesus said, “On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”
I’d take it a step further and say that we need to take a long hard look at whether or not we legitimise our “faith” through our religious activity…ie…we go to church, or we work ourselves silly on church stuff, therefore we are good Christians.
I watched The Nines because my pastor and friend Dino Rizzo was on it and Anne Jackson. I happened to see a few other speakers throughout the day, Skye was one of them. It made a lasting impact. I soon after ordered his book, The Divine Commodity, started reading his blog and listening to his sermons, and then I got to see him speak at Story09. I believe he has become the John the Baptist for this generation of church leaders. It’s just so easy to be sucked into the consumer mentality, the church is eyeballs deep in it. His message is a wake up call that we have to reevaluate this course. We have to get our focus back on what it really important. He is sounding the trumpet.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing that. It has been on my mind since I saw it on Monday. I long for a day when I can completely overcome the burden of legitimacy based on results. It’s hard to keep a balanced view when you have a vision and that vision has not yet been fulfilled completely. Thanks again.