I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.
Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.
The Church is a family expecting guests.
Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?
What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything.
Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.
Resources follow vision.
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.
Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.
Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."
If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.
What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their mind.
This is why we give up on things that break our heart because it requires change.
You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.
If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.
No one ever has the resources they need.
Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.
Preacher's kids need another consistent voice in their lives over the years.
God uses broken-hearted leaders.
Leaders fix things that are broken.
"How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".
T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."
Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model.
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