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Five Changes

Interesting answer to a good question by David Fitch (found via):If you had to list 5 of the most important elements that you would like to see changed in local churches across America, what would those 5 things be?OK here’s 4 off the top of my head. 1.) Less emphasis on success and growth, more on authentic Christian living and discipleship. This is ... (310 天前)

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How success diminishes mission

From Dallas Willard in The Divine Conspiracy:Intense devotion to God by the individual or group brings substantial outward success. Outward success brings a sense of accomplishment and a sense of responsibility for what has been achieved - and for further achievement. For onlookers the outward success is the whole thing. The sense of accomplishment and ... (310 天前)

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Good Followers

From the Summer 2008 Ockenga Connections:Contrary to what we would guess by looking at row upon row of books on leadership at Borders and our neighborhood Christian bookstore, the New Testament speaks very little about being a good leader. There really is so little biblical evidence for the need for big visionary dreamers. The clarion call of the Gospel... (310 天前)

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The fundamental nonnegotiable

D.A. Carson comments on 1 Corinthians 3:13, "Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done."This ought to be extremely sobering to all who are engaged in vocational ministry. It is possible to "build the church" with such shoddy material... (310 天前)

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Abandoning a building centered model

From Ed Stetzer:If evangelicals are to be successful in reaching North American urban centers in church planting, we must abandon the thinking that ten acres of land and a brick building are essential in order to be successful. A true New Testament church can meet on the sixteenth floor of a high-rise building just as surely as any First Presbyterian Ch... (310 天前)

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Corporate, entertainment, and therapeutic models of

From the book From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church:Some believe that churches grow primarily through the application of successful business principles. Others take an approach that is reminiscent of Hollywood - entertaining people and calling it worship so that they will "have a good time" and want to come back. And the philosophy ... (310 天前)

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Measuring the right things

LT on measuring success as church:We need to change what we measure and how we measure our success.Do people have a proper understanding of the gospel?Do they love the people that can offer them nothing in return?Are people willing to sacrifice for others?Are people becoming more like Christ in their values and behaviour?Do they have life and freed... (310 天前)

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