Notes from the Trail

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What a great quote:

Churches tend to primarily raise leaders to serve the internal needs of the church, rather than towards leading/developing others toward mission.

Snatched it from goodmanson.com and his continuing reflections on the GCA Conference.

You ever realized that you’ve just missed a great conference? When Ed Stetzer at the GCA Conference says this in a presentation, you know you should have been there:
“There is more evidence from scripture for me to go out and get a concubine than to start a denomination.”
Dadgum.

Lifeway Christian Research (Southern Baptist) recently concluded a study about why young adults are leaving the church today. In a summary article over at churchrelevance.com, they bring out the four things, according to Jim Johnston of Lifeway, that young adults want in a church:

1. Relationship
2. Biblical Community
3. Social Action
4. Genuine Church

While I would normally say that what our Americanized, self-seeking culture “wants” in a church and what church should be are two different things, I was struck by the results of the survey. Perhaps today’s young adults want more of the essence of humble Christianity than the blatant event orientation of past generations.

Follow up on the articles above and let me know what you think about their conclusions.

Of all the posting I do here, (and some I used to feel were pretty significant), it’s a little depressing that my comments about the Razorbacks get the most hits… Sigh.

With all the posting on discipleship lately, I thought it would be appropriate to post Leonard Sweet’s rendition of his “Out of Control Disciple.” See it here.