Michelle Sanchez: Becoming Beloved Community
Jesus shed new light on what agape looks like by establishing himself as the standard for agape love. In the end, we will best build beloved community as we love just like Jesus loved us.
Jesus shed new light on what agape looks like by establishing himself as the standard for agape love. In the end, we will best build beloved community as we love just like Jesus loved us.
Teams that thrive tend to encourage one another seven to nine times more than they criticize, a key aspect of pastor burnout recovery.
It never gets old to watch leaders formed and shaped in the painful, yet necessary, crucible of struggle and come out the other side more resilient, getting back up after falling.
We need to make disciples, but we arent. From the data, it seems that people just lack an awareness or are unfamiliar or uncertain about terms such as discipleship, disciple making and the Great Commission, highlighting a need for everyday people making disciples.
Every one of us has a private village. This circle is where we can most effectively share what Jesus has done for us and for others, becoming everyday missionaries.
When pastors demonstrate a teachable heart, they hit on the central virtue of their calling, marking a new church-planting era.
At every sermon, people are invited to receive Christ, regardless of the numbers present. Moses also says that changing his prayer life changed the ministry, with missional communities evangelism playing a key role. God asked him to spend more time in prayer.
When considering resources for our church, we must include the contributions of women. In recent years the hashtag #ReadWomen has surfaced to draw attention to this need, highlighting the importance of works by authors like Natasha Sistrunk Robinson.
"I think there is a healthy way to deconstruct, but I am not talking about getting rid of Jesus. I'm talking about getting rid of the things that are more cultural than Christian to get closer to Jesus," says Lecrae about reconstructing faith.
If discipleship does not lead to evangelism, we should ask ourselves, "Who am I really following?"