I’m sitting here in the DPAC attending Advance09, a conference on the resurgence of the local church. 2 sessions in and I’ve already been challenged by some pretty major stuff. Also been affirmed in some things we are doing at the summit. Here is a little bit that has stuck with me:
challenging thoughts:
– less than 17% of people age 17-29 are in a evangelical church in the west.
– we must engage in long-term active repentance to see a resurgence of the local church.
– the local church must revolve around Jesus
– we have done a poor job in Christian education
Affirmations
– Sunday school is not welcoming to non-believers
– Small groups studying the same thing the pastor is studying creates unity in the church.
More to come
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Challenging thoughts about small groups « jasongordon[dot]org // June 5, 2009 at 8:04 pm |
[...] thoughts about small groups I jumped over to Spence Shelton’s (one of my colleagues from the Small Group Exchange) blog tonight to find some thoughts on the [...]
carl // June 5, 2009 at 10:24 pm |
spence, I support 100% your asking summitlife groups to discuss the pastor’s sermons….totally effective in most cases, I believe.