Ministry is harder than the Marketplace because the marketplace has
clear objectives (money) and ministry doesn't (making disciples).
-It is very hard to define making a disciple.
-the basic definition is loving God and loving others
-increasing participation doesn't produce disciples
Now for lots of graphs that I will link to later
4 groups of people attending Church
-Exploring Christ
-Growing in Christ
-Close to Christ
-Christ-centered
Looking at all of the slides are going to help
The most catalytic thing that grows people to become a disciple is the
Bible. This is not news but proven by the research.
Check out all the stuff at www.revealnow.com
Very interesting stuff, I need to look at this more
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1 Response to "@ Shift: Breakout 2"I look forward to the charts. Sounds like a good parallel with my church growth posts.
I'm curious what McLaren said on handling gender issues, per your last post. I could make a guess. I'd like to compare it with what Mark Dever is this month.
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