I love learning and growing. I don’t mean that I love TESTS and that I am gaining weight. That is not what I mean about growing.
I simply enjoy what God is teaching me on a daily, weekly and yearly basis. It is exciting to learn and grow. From time to time I will post blogs simply on what I am learning.
Here are a few things God is teaching me:
- I (we) must be “mean” about the vision of Church at the Grove. I am not implying that I should be relationally challenged. I am not going to be ugly to people. The reality is that most churches stop reaching people and having influence because their vision is allowed to drift! Pastor Shawn Lovejoy of Mountain Lake Church in Cumming states that, “Leaders must relentlessly protect the vision of the church.”
He goes on to explain how to do this:
- Over-communicate the vision! Some of you might get tired of hearing what we are about. Well, I will tell you that we won’t stop till we drop regarding the casting and sharing of the vision of this great Church!
- Shawn warns about “vision-hijackers”. These are well-meaning (maybe) people that have their own agenda for the church. We must RESIST. Often these people are consumer-christians, spiritual mavericks, or people who just don’t get it.
- We must develop a culture of generosity! A Part of this is raising and sustaining leaders and another part is raising and sustaining resources. (Yes, part of that is MONEY!)
God has given us a great responsibility to reflect and represent Christ to a world that needs hope! We must be faithful stewards of this great calling and task!
I will continue to share what I am learning over the next days and weeks. Until then:
Walk across the street and have a conversation with someone created in the image of God!
Don’t miss tomorrow (Sunday, March 25) it is going to ROCK!
