Relevant or Revolutionary

"If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted." - Sir Francis Bacon One of the hazards the longer you are in a leadership position is the danger of falling into patterns or ruts. We can begin to do things out of habit and tradition and lose the excitement of being led by the Spirit of God. Gods message of love, hope, healing, forgivness, and acceptance does not change. But sometimes the methods change. In leadership circles a lot of attention has been given to being culturally relevant. I belive this is not correct. Being culturally relevant means relecting the culture around you. Instead, I believe we should be revolutionary. Instead if reflecting the culture, how can we impact and influence the culture around us. Here's the simple answer; Spend time getting to know the culture around you and pray and ask the Holy Spirit how you can be a part of His cultural revolution. Then listen to The Holy Spirit and do what He leads you to do. - Posted using BlogPress from my Itouch

New Series

Just got the proof for the banner back for the Series starting April 11th and ending on Pentecost Sunday, June 23rd.  Invite your friends to Pneuma: Come Discover the Holy Spirit!

If Your Church Closed Today.....

If your church closed it's doors would your community notice? I read these words a few days ago. Every year thousands of churches in America close their doors. When a church closes, the community should notice. Are we as Christians making the kind of impact on our cities, towns, and neighborhoods that would be missed if we closed up shop? The truth is many churches close and no one notices. Many times the church has no impact on the community so no one misses it when it is gone. This shouldn't be so. Jesus impacted every town he stepped foot in. He made a difference everywhere he went . We should strive to do the same. Is your church making such an impact on your community that it would be missed if the doors closed? - Posted using BlogPress from my Itouch

Sunday Questions

I wanted to invite everyone in the area to come to Oasis in the morning. We will talking about Questions for God. Everyone has questions from time to time. We are going to look at few you might have. Hope you can be there at 10:45, wait, make that a quarter till 11. - Posted using BlogPress from my Itouch

What Questions are You Answering

One of the concerns we must have as leaders in the church is this; Are we giving answers to questions that no one is asking? When I read through the bible what stops me is how Jesus was willing and open to questions from his follows. We as leaders (not just pastors) can get caught up in trying to impress everyone with how much we know. In the process, we give intellectual information that does nothing to help people with practical problems and questions. Some of us have been in church for so long that we forgot what it feels like to have questions. We need to stop and find out what questions people are asking. Are you answering questions no one is asking? - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone