Posted this message on his blog the other day…
My view below…
Can I call for the end of… “we’re reaching our 200 people and we’re ok with that church…“ Lets stop picking on the growing churches that are trying to reach people. O’ don’t we just hate it when they those 20 thousand dollar HD Cameras and 20 million dollar buildings are put up. The sad reality is… Ok… I’ve been more impacted at a 30 minutes of “creative team focused” messages than at many 55 minutes of rambling at your typical “non perfect” churches. We all long for our leadership at our churches to be passionate and seek God’s face about the message that God wants them to deliver. What I see is God given passion and vision to reach lost people being larger than that one person can handle. A great pastor surrounds themselves with people that will carry the vision forward to the best of their abilities…. and… if that comes off as “perfect” then I’m not sure what it tells us about the perceptions of those judging other churches? Any event that tries to reach people I hope would look like it had thought put behind it, and people who care about doing the best they can. My feeling on it is that if God has given you talents and the Holy Spirit is using you, than can look better than broadway, sound better than the MET, and be more inspirational than Obama, Olsteen, Stanley, Warren, or Young. Why don’t we take a trip to HILLSONG and see the 50 million dollars they have spent on media to produce “perfect sounding” CD’s and life changing worship concerts. Will we judge them on the intelligent lighting cues performed perfectly insync with the music or the floating acoustic tiles that move and change the rooms acoustics for certain songs. Will we say to them your practicing to much you don’t need to sing anymore of that “perfect music”. I just finished the second week of PennDel youth camp and 15 teenagers spent 4 hours a day practicing human videos, stomp routines, and other various dramas that they are going to take and try to reach the lost with in a 3rd world country. Those tools, I guess, are very effective in there… but take those same routines in my high school and they would have gotten laughed at. We have to take different approaches to reach our culture and city. It’s time to feed the five thousand, Its time to stop poking at effectiveness/experimentation and its time to win people to Christ, build them up in there faith, develop their talents, and fulfill the great commission. I’m calling for the end of mediocrity and laziness of our leadership, lay people, and all Christ followers, Its time to take the passion of Christ and win people by whatever means possible. Compelling people to get to the Masters table should be our focus. Lets do that.
June 29th,2009
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still up for what reason i’m not sure
June 29th,2009
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updating and learning more about twitter since it doesn’t look like it is going away any time soon.
June 28th,2009
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I had to fix my install of Word Press. My databases got corrupted… so i’m back!
June 28th,2009
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Pastor chuck started his new series on “joy”! It was a good message! Worship was also great today. It was also our new family life pastor’s first day! We are happy for our friends the Shaws! So glad they are here!
March 1st,2009
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We had a great time today! Reuben’s first derby race! I got 6th place in the guys division an reuben got 7th. These guys were really competitive! Reuben is happy now that he can actually play with his cars!
February 28th,2009
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Mark Batterson put this on his blog today:
One of my favorite marketing books is Purple Cow by Seth Godin. The book revolves around this metaphor: if you’ve seen one brown cow you’ve seen them all. But a purple cow, now that would catch your attention. One statement in the book has profound implications: “If you aren’t remarkable you’re invisible.”
Every church needs to paint itself purple. I’m not talking about gimmicks. I’m not talking about being different for difference sake. I’m talking about making such a remarkable difference in our communities that we are unignorable.
I have a couple core convictions:
1) the good news ought to make the news. Brown churches sit on the sideline and invite the community to come to them. Purple churches are always going and compelling. They are making such a big difference that they become a highly visible part of their community. And people drive by the brown churches–the churches that are invisible–to go to the purple church.
2) The greatest message deserves the greatest marketing. I know that marketing is a dirty word in some church circles, but does it get anybody else riled up that Madison Avenue is far better at pedaling its worthless wares than the church is at preaching the good news? I have a problem with that. We need sanctified competitive streaks.
3) The church ought to be the most creative place on the planet. Too many churches look too much alike. We need lots of different kinds of churches because there are lots of different kinds of people. Every church has a unique churchprint and ought to be a unique expression of the gospel in their kingdom niche.
So how do we paint ourselves purple? For starters, dare to be different. You might offend some Pharisees, but that isn’t who you’re trying to reach. Secondly, disrupt the routine. I think it starts with your personal routine. Change of pace + change of place = change of perspective. You need to get out of your routine so you can have some purple thoughts.
As a leader, you need to cause confusion. Jesus didn’t do orientations. He did disorientations. You need to find new ways of saying old things (see the Parables). You need to find new wineskins. You need to sing a new song. Neurological studies have found that familiarity stimulates the left-brain. Novelty stimulates the right-brain. We need some Spirit-inspired, right-brained ideas that capture the imagination of the church and the world.
November 13th,2008
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