Friday, June 4, 2010

Follow the "Risky" Spirit

One Sheet to the Wind
A church that pitches its tents without constantly looking out for new horizons, which does not continually strike camp, is being untrue to is calling...[We must] play down our longing for certainty, accept what is risky, and live by improvisation and experiment. - Hans Kung, The Church as the People of God

Only God's Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. - John 3:8 (CEV)

Much more than following any growth plan that promises "success," we need new church plants that boldly, obediently follow God's unpredictable Spirit to new horizons! 

Thursday, June 3, 2010

All Became Missionaries!

"Forced to leave home base, the Christians all became missionaries.  Wherever they were scattered, they preached, they preached the Message about Jesus."
Then, after describing what just one of these Christians did, the Bible says,
"And what joy in that city!"  (Acts 8:4 and 8, The Message Bible)