Day 2 of my Missional Church class

Things I’ve learned from Mike Slaughter, the people of Ginghamsburg and God. (wish I had a link for God..)

• Must be willing to leave some people behind to reach more people
• Lead in truth; don’t just respond to the opinion of the congregation
• Am I willing to bet my life on what I believe?
• The success or failure of a church comes down to leadership
• The landscape is cluttered with the corpses of people who failed in self-leadership
• Two of the critical values in our culture and speed & innovation, it has created a culture of hurry. “I’m a dangerous person when I miss that time with God.”
• Our devotion time with God reminds of who I am and whose I am.
• I must stop using the Word for my purposes and let the Word use me.
• I need to feel secure in God, not necessarily my job.
• Relationships are formed in the margins of life – if my schedule is full, I miss so much.
• Many of us have great missional passion but we often hand hold the upper middle class
• Minimize brick, maximize mission
• A leader’s job is to continue to paint a promising picture of the future
• Must create a culture of service from the very beginning – it’s an expectation
• The pastor’s job is to identify people’s burning bushes and throw fuel on them
• Being a servant isn’t an option
• You can’t be all things to all people – we try to be relevant to unchurched AND appease insider – define who you’re trying to reach
• God values devotion over busyness – how much of our ministry is busyness?
• When you’re not in the Word, you’ll make mistakes based on other people’s judgments
• There’s no throw away conversations
• It’s not about how to get the world into the church; it’s about getting the church into the world.
• True renewal is not how many people are coming, but how many are acting justly
• YOU CANNOT FEAR FAILURE

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