Sublime

Melvin Maxwell, Bill Hybels, John Wooden, Oswald Sanders, Jesus Christ,

That’s when we might discover it’s the churches we’ve dismissed as weak and insignificant—the small, decentralized, anti-fragile networks of disciples found throughout the rest of the world—that courageously step forward like David to face the challenges of our time.

In order to maximize the mutual knowledge of the shepherd-sheep relationship it is essential that the members of the church be delegated among the elders of the church in order that each elder will know which sheep he is responsible for and the sheep will know the identity of their shepherd.

Jesus was unmistakable: “Your attitude must be like my own, for I, the Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve and to give my life.”

Your goal is to figure out where others are in their spiritual journey and then do whatever will bring them a step closer to knowing Christ.

At the core of this change is the deep conviction that God is the primary actor who is out ahead of us in the neighborhood.

But at this moment in the life of the Euro-tribal churches, we need to balance our primary posture of ecclesiocentrism and discern where the Spirit is calling us to go lightly and participate in the life of the neighborhood.