The LIVE SENT Conversation is over for 2011. It was a special conversation together focused around the theme that “everybody plays” – every follower of Jesus should be thinking and living like a missionary along with other followers making disciples who make disciples. Here are a few of the quotables from the Twitter feed hashtag #LiveSent:
We must lose our “me first” attitude if everyone is going to play.
Lord,please help us to walk with lost people. More, please help us to allow lost people to walk with us.
We’ve got to lose the clergy / laity divide in order to live sent.
Leaders who lead from a place of insecurity are some of the scariest people on the planet.
Focus on the few to win the many.
The fact that there are so many books on being missional and transformation is evidence that we don’t get The Gospel.
Obedience is more important than Knowledge!
Some of the greatest “evangelists” can be lost people.
Disciple people to conversion, don’t convert people then disciple them!
What adjustments might our local church expressions need to make in order for every follower of Jesus to actually make disciples?
Change happens when dissatisfaction meets a future alternative, is given a first step, & is guided by courageous leadership.
4th counter-intuitive > Start with creation before you start with Christ.
Worship is a lot sweeter when you are living on mission.
In order to form our “vision/mission statements,” may we simply read the Gospels & take note of when “Kingdom come” is described.
Kingdom of Heaven: People who realize they’ve lost something of great value then find it and celebrate with their neighbors.
Strategic elements are those that will cause the mission to fail if they are taken away.
Be careful when you are “discipling” that you don’t share your traditions & culture over the actual ways of Jesus.
Most of us, if not all of us, are educated [about God] beyond our level of commitment.
“Organic” unfortunately to many has come to imply “rebellion against Structure.” A plant has structure, though.
Strategy emerges from obedience to God’s Word, not from reading books.
Prayer movement precedes discipleship movement.
When my family & I take a walk around the neighborhood, may we see it as an occasion to pray for our neighbors specifically.
Hope you can join us next year. Make sure to connect with a CityGroup near you for deeper togetherness around the mission of Jesus or start one in your city if there’s not one. Let us know how we can help.
Meanwhile – wanted to share the following video resource with you…
Jeff Vanderstelt and his family are being the church together with SOMA Communities to Tacoma, WA. In this five minute video, he suggests what it actually means for a local church expression to be living out the mission of God together. Trust me, it’s worth your time to watch and then share with the local church expression with whom you walk.
Are you living sent together with a group of people who are family together on mission making disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus?
