Sublime

hearing God’s Word preached and taught with handles.

stewards

The first thing we did was redefine the leader role. A facilitator of a discussion would never address the need for real community or pastoral care. So we called our leaders to be shepherds, caring for the ten to twelve people in their groups. This was a significant paradigm shift for our leaders, but it began the transition to groups that felt lik

In all she does, she incarnates generous authority—protecting, equalizing, connecting.

Second,

balanced, moderate, accurate

The pastor somehow needs to take a fifty-person church with few resources, in a denomination of depleted assets, and speed things up to create a five-thousand-member church. Her first step is to make it relevant to fast people living in a compressed present, seeking the good of multiple lifetimes. Retention with these fast-paced people is won by gi

Preservationist

organizing and moderating the community,