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The church keeps following the culture around it
• It happened in the middle ages, the enlightenment and in the industrial revolution
• Today, that means the spirituality is a product and we are consumers
• And the new false god of culture is entertainment, so where does that mean the church is heading?
• To some degree, the church is a success [...]
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God is sending us out to announce that the kingdom of God is near
• Not that we have a cool church
Let’s change the conversation from “the church let me down” to “Here’s the way that God has empowered and inspired me to pick up the work of the church and carry it forward.”
• God’s plan will move [...]
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Rick and Donald shared a casual conversation that was delightful to just sit and soak in. Here are a few of their thoughts from the discussion:
R: Once everybody left the doors of the church, we realized God was in the streets.
R: Discipleship is meant to happen on the road, but we’ve turned it into ten [...]
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International Justice Mission
Christians feel like they are traveling with Jesus, but missing the adventure
-How do we respond to that as leaders?
-God calls us to an adventure of struggle in the world
The leader provides clarity about:
-Where Jesus is heading – out into the world
-The nature of the world that Jesus is heading into
Jesus has defined his [...]
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No organization has a culture
-It has as many cultures as it does managers
-People don’t quit a culture, they quit a boss
-The manager makes the difference
What does a manager do?
-The job of a manager is to turn one person’s talent into performance.
-A catalyst – you speed up the reaction/performance of those who bring their talent.
-The best [...]
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Trying to post some notes from the messages as they happen, although I’m not sure I’ll have time to post any of my own thoughts at this point…
The nature of leadership makes self-centeredness unavoidable
•We must declare daily that the most high God is sovereign over the kingdoms of this world and he gives them to [...]
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