What is the purpose?
God put us here with a purpose - the purpose to change the world with the good news of Jesus. This must be done in community. We are here to be part of that community - to bring together people who share the vision of disciples who make disciples who plant churches. This is about ordinary people being used by God in extraordinary ways. This is the priesthood of all believers in action!
How will we accomplish that?
Educate biblically - our actions must be grounded in scripture.
Train skills - Hands on training in skills that can change lives.
Connect - through the community tab, the comments, and social media
What will it look like?
Mobilizing everyday Christians.
Learning and being trained here to go out and put it into practice where you live.
The time to activate everyday believers to be world changers through the power of the Spirit is NOW!
Thanks for being here. I love and appreciate each and every one of you.
- Matt
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I imagine a Christianity where people are following Jesus together, gathered in His name...encouraging each other, using their gifts, impacting their community, and making disciples.
Maybe you do too.
No red tape.
All is joy.
Still messy but meaningful.
No fluff.
Real/transparent.
Transformational.
Do you long for this? Are you experiencing this?
We get a good bit of this in our home church.
Last week, gathered in our living room, we had someone come in to share a powerful testimony. This is someone we had prayed for for over a year and had helped a bit financially when the mission this family was on got tight on funds. The testimony was powerful! Tears were shed. Before this family left, the mom said that she had never experienced anything quite like this in her life. That it was special.
More of that please!
And I want that for you as well.
We are going to get there.
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The more intimately you know Jesus, the move loving, patient and kind you are to His people...to all people.
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If you are interested in starting a home church but don't know where to start, I created this for you!
This training involves a series of lessons with a fillable PDF where you are recording your thoughts and laying a foundation specific to your context/situation.
You can access it here. This just launched a few weeks ago and we have nearly 100 people who have signed up so far!
home-church-resources.circle.so/join?invitation_to…
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The slippery slope...there are few instances where it really works well.
When you hear someone say, "Well that is going lead to..." you know the slipper slope is being greased up for its next victim!
https://youtu.be/U_VLpZRbKyA
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What will turn the ship and get Christianity in America back on track?
Well, that assumes it isn't on track.
By some metrics, it isn't.
- Churches are declining
- Christians act like the world by and large
- We aren't making disciples
- Many of our kids are walking away
- Churches are closing faster than they are starting
I am working on a three pronged approach to see a turn around. All of it involves a lot of prayer and here are the three prongs!
1 - Train every single Christians in basic ministry skills and spiritual disciplines (to truly live out the priesthood of all believers). I am wrapping up a free training that I will be getting out to help with this. This will be disseminated through my YouTube channel and blog. This is also something I personally practice and not theory.
2 - Help start more churches. If no new churches start, eventually there will be few to no churches. We have Home Church Resources to help with this. We are living this out through Backyard church in our own backyard.
3 - Help some dying churches to not totally die but to pivot from an auditorium to a living room. I am working on resources to help churches navigate that. This will also involve repurposes assets to kingdom work and mission.
The best I can tell, these are the three things I see as most needed and so they are the three things I am working on bringing some solutions for.
I will keep you in the loop as the resources come online. Some of it is completed, some are just about done and one part is just getting started.
God is good!
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Five intentional questions to ask when you gather and why they are important:
1. A point is brought up that convicts us. Ask, “Would anyone like to pray over what we just discussed?” This helps us see that it is about more than just thinking about an issue. We need to ask God to help us with it.
2. Someone shares something very sensitive. Ask, “Would anyone like to pray for Steve right now about what he just shared with us?” It is important for Steve to be prayed for. It is also important to model for the gathering that we stop and pray for people when they share serious things.
3. In order to make sure the body is edified and encouraged, ask, “Does anyone have any encouraging words for us or for anyone in particular today?” This helps people consider how they might fulfill the “one anothers” as well as 1 Corinthians 14:26.
4. A question to ask frequently, even weekly: “Does anyone have a ‘God story’ or testimony to share this morning?” This gets people reflecting back on their week in a way they may not have thought to do. It gets them looking for ways God is working in their lives. It also helps them look ahead and anticipate God working more than they might have otherwise. This helps develop eyes to see and ears to hear.
5. A question to ask frequently, even weekly: “Does anyone have any answered prayers to share with us?” We often ask but less often reflect, remember, and give thanks. This helps build gratitude and also raises awareness of the importance of circling back to answered prayers in our daily lives.
The gathering can be a training and practice ground for many things if we are intentional about it.
Consider what kind of culture you believe reflects godly priorities, and build in elements that help people sharpen their skills and become more aware in those areas.
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Being biblically correct shows we have come to the right conclusions.
Being a person of biblical character is shown by how we talk about those conclusions.
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Places to invest ourselves:
1 - Helping start new churches. Churches close. New churches must start.
2 - Helping churches make disciples. 95% of churches don't do this in an intentional way. The training is pretty simple and could help spark new life in a lot of churches.
3 - Helping churches that are selling the building see that as an opportunity for new kingdom work to take place both locally and abroad.
We can see weakened churches strengthened, everyday Christians be disciples who make disciples, new church families begin in new neighborhoods and a pivot from frustration and disappointment to renewed vision and impact!
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Yesterday's video received a lot of needed pushback. So much that I decided to do a followup to offer some clarity out of respect for all of you. Thanks for being here. Thanks for voicing your opinions. I am learning and growing and you help me!
https://youtu.be/f6RkjRY-sHE
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This may be the most helpful video I have posted. I hope this helps you put words to your church experience and why you may be feeling the way you are feeling...and what you might do about it - https://youtu.be/DlctM6ryJyk
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