"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Get Out Of Church, Or The World Gets Nothing

John Bowen, director of the Institute of Evangelism at Wycliffe College in Toronto says,

"We need to recognize there are a lot of people who will only encounter the gospel if Christians go to them."

The need to go missional. Sept 1, 2010. http://www.christianweek.org/stories.php?id=1040&cat=vitalsigns

Here we sit in our churches trying to get people to come to us. Mission (going) is actually easier, and more fruitful, than attraction (come to us). We are killing ourselves doing it the hard way.
The most fruitful times in my ministey life have been those times I was operating outside the local church ministry structure. Basically, when living like a missionary in stead of preacher. It's too much about what happens inside the church.
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