Lausanne reflects one of the most significant opportunities in our generation to bring our questions to our global brothers and sisters and get substantive input.
"In our community, we’re all immigrants from different generations. We need to continue to talk about how the goodness of God has placed us in a position where we can actually be God's instrument to bless others."
Trained in theology and pastoral ministry, few church leaders understand the economics of churches, and fewer can navigate the increasingly complex financial issues facing a 21st-century pastor.
Speak to the culture like you're in Athens, not in Jerusalem, and expect to be scoffed at and smile sweetly back, and expect some to give us another hearing, and others to believe.
We have a really unique opportunity in workspaces to demonstrate the love of God, invite conversation, build relationship and really be strategic in terms of how we reach the lost and how we demonstrate God's love for all of creation and show up in ways that reflect that.
As churches today look to take advantage of new digital opportunities, navigate our polarized society and collaborate across denominations in gospel outreach, the task of innovation lies at the core of the calling for pastors and church leaders, yet understanding how ideas spread is often underappreciated.
