Beyond the Great Omission

Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by frank in faith, leadership

I had the privilege of working with Brian Jones and the team at Christ’s Church of the Valley for almost 10 years. I’m so grateful for experience and preparation they had given me as a leader. If you missed his main session at the North American Christian Convention you can view it below. He asks some powerful questions that I think every believer needs to answer – As a leader charged with the great commission of making disciples…

• How many conversations have you have with a new convert where you painstakingly, step by step, taught them how to obey Jesus’ commandments in their everyday life?
• How many conversations have you had like that in the last 6 months?
• How many conversations have you had in meetings or gatherings about, attendance, worship preferences, seating capacity, buildings, finances, vision, infrastructure, staff, property maintenance, parking lots, policies, curriculum, volunteer recruitment, and videos for worship services?

He goes on to say, “Its very simple to understand why evangelical churches in America don’t crank out disciples. IT’S BECAUSE WE TAKE OUR BEST LEADERS AND STICK THEM IN A ROOM! Instead the best spiritual leaders need to be working with the baby converts!”

If you haven’t heard this talk you you gotta take 30 minutes and listen.  Brian has also authored two books and you can buy them here:

Second Guessing God – Hanging on When You Can’t See His Plan
Getting Rid of the Gorilla – Confessions on the Struggle to Forgive