(here's where I started blogging about this conference)
Dave Ferguson
- cause creates community, community doesn't evolve into a cause
John Burke
- teach people how to stay connected and growing with Jesus (the source) and the transformation likely happens automatically
- we spend lots of time tell people how they should live or act or respond (and maybe there's room for this), but if they have an ongoing relationship and learning from Jesus, that stuff will develop
On Community Development
- if you have an IN mentality for your church, you think you're a fortress
- if you have a TO mentality for your church, you think you're a savior
- if you have a WITH mentality for your church, you think you're a partner
Larry Osborn
"if every service (gathering) is a charge them up to be something they're never going to be, that's bad news"
- I wonder about this: potential, dreaming, vision is all good - but can it sometimes create a false expectation for some people's unique design?
"develop a nose for leaders and a heart for the regular guy
- i.e. don't see EVERYONE as a leader (big or little 'L'), b/c not everyone is
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