We Might Be Crazy, But COMMITMENT: (def.) Something that engages one to do something, a continuing obligation. ~ Webster’s Dictionary.
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We Might Be Crazy, But
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COMMITMENT: (def.)
Something that engages one to do
something, a continuing obligation.
~ Webster’s Dictionary
Slide 4
“It is strange that sometimes the
church is written off by those
who know little or nothing about
it. They are not involved in its
process or mission. In no other
field would we take the word of a
bystander as a word of authority
and appraisal.”
~ C. Neil Strait
Slide 5
“ The notion of looking on at
life has always been hateful to
me. What am I if I am not a
participant? In order to be, I
must participate.”
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Slide 6
“The Christian ideal has not
been tried and found wanting.
It has been found difficult,
and left untried.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
Slide 7
“We will never transform the
world as individuals.”
~ Julie A. Gorman
Slide 8
“Since community alone will
survive from this world into
the next, it is ultimately the
only thing God is doing today
that has eternal significance.”
~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikien
Slide 9
“Jesus Christ, by putting us in
his body, determined that we
would need each other as
much as we need him.”
~ Richard Halverson
Slide 10
“I am learning that the best cure
for hypocrisy is community.
Hypocrisy is not so much the
result of not living what I preach
but much more of not confessing
my inability to fully live up to my
own words.”
~ Henri Nouwen
Slide 11
“We have no right to ask God
for more people until we see
progress in those He has
already given us to equip.”
~ John MacArthur, Jr.
Slide 12
“Because every hunger, when
followed to its source, turns out
to be a hunger for God, it is vital
that we live in a community safe
enough for us to express and
explore all our desires.”
~ Dr. Larry Crabb
Slide 13
“It is through encounter with
others that the self exists.”
~ R. S. Anderson
Slide 14
“The most conspicuous
weakness of evangelical
Protestant theology has been its
lack of understanding and
witness to authentic community
as the fulfillment of the believer’s
personal relation to God.”
~ C. N. Kraus
Slide 15
"Let everyone, therefore, who
knows himself to be a Christian
be assured of this, and apply it to
himself – that we are all priests,
and there is no difference
between us.”
~ Martin Luther
Slide 16
"In our time it may well be that the
greatest single bottleneck to the renewal
and outreach of the church is the
division of roles between clergy and laity
that results in a hesitancy of the clergy
to trust the laity with significant
responsibility, and in turn a reluctance
on the part of the laity to trust
themselves as authentic ministers of
Christ, either in the church or outside
the church."
~ Robert Munger
Slide 17
“When the church becomes
worldly and replaces oneness
with hierarchy and sanctification
with stratification, modern
pagans find no reason to trade
one form of hell for another.”
~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian
Slide 18
“Pastors sometimes say what the
itching ears of their
congregations want to hear.
Prostitutes do whatever their
clients desire. There really isn’t
much difference.”
~ Dr. Larry Crabb, Psychologist
Slide 19
Welcome to
The Meeting House…
where you won’t get your
ears scratched.
Slide 20
“So in Christ we who are many
form one body, and each
member belongs to all the
others.”
~ Romans 12:5 (TNIV)
Slide 21
GOSPEL = GOOD NEWS
The Gospel is the Good News
message that religion is no
longer necessary in order to
have intimacy with God.
Slide 22
“I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God that
brings salvation of everyone who
believes: first to the Jew, then to the
Gentile. For in the gospel the
righteousness from God is revealed
– a righteousness that is by faith
from first to last, just as it is written:
‘The righteous will live by faith.’”
~ Romans 1:16-17 (TNIV)
Slide 23
“We are the temple of the
living God. As God has said:
‘I will live with them and walk
among them, and I will be their
God, and they will be my
people.’”
~ 2 Corinthians 6:16 (TNIV)
Slide 24
“As you come to him, the living
Stone – rejected by human beings
but chosen by God and precious to
him – you also, like living stones, are
being built into a spiritual house to
be a holy priesthood, offering
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ.”
~ 1 Peter 2:4-5 (TNIV)
Slide 25
“Christ has set us free! This
means we are really free. Now
hold on to your freedom and
don’t ever become slaves of
the Law again.”
~ Galatians 5:1 (CEV)
Slide 26
“All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me. Therefore go
and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and teaching them to
obey everything I have commanded
you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age.”
~ Matthew 28:19-20 (TNIV)
Slide 27
“…you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes on
you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth.”
~ Acts 1:8 (TNIV)
Slide 28
“One Of These Things Just
Doesn’t Belong Here”
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Committed and involved people.
Spiritually seeking people (& family).
New and inquisitive visitors.
Hurting people in a process of healing.
Semi-regular attending inactive
space-taking seat warmers.
Slide 29
“As each one has received a special gift,
employ it in serving one another, as
good stewards of the manifold grace of
God. Whoever speaks, let him speak, as
it were, the utterances of God; whoever
serves, let him do so as by the strength
which God supplies; so that in all things
God may be glorified through Jesus
Christ, to whom belongs the glory and
dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
~ 1 Peter 4:10-11 (NASB)
Slide 30
The First Reformation…
Decentralisation of KNOWLEDGE
The Radical Reformation…
Decentralisation of AUTHORITY
The New Reformation…
Decentralisation of MINISTRY
Slide 31
GOD’S PEOPLE…
“a royal priesthood” (NIV)
“a kingdom of priests” (NLT)
~ 1 Peter 2:5 & 9
Slide 32
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME!…
CLERGY (kleros) =
municipal administrators
LAITY (laos) =
those people they ruled in political power
Slide 33
“Do all things without grumbling
or disputing; that you may prove
yourselves to be blameless and
innocent, children of God above
reproach in the midst of a
crooked and perverse
generation, among whom you
appear as lights in the world.”
~ Philippians 2:14-15 (NASB)
Slide 34
Slide 35
DON’T JUST STAND THERE – DO SOMETHING!
Set up & Take Down Team
Home Church Leadership
Tape Duplication
Lighting
Music
Outreach Team
Children
Website
Greeting
Prayer Team
Ushering
Resource Centre
Café
Care Team
Youth
Welcome Desk
Facility Maintenance
Audio
Assisting in Office
Video
Drama
Young Adults
Slide 36
We Might Be Crazy, But
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Slide 2
We Might Be Crazy, But
Slide 3
COMMITMENT: (def.)
Something that engages one to do
something, a continuing obligation.
~ Webster’s Dictionary
Slide 4
“It is strange that sometimes the
church is written off by those
who know little or nothing about
it. They are not involved in its
process or mission. In no other
field would we take the word of a
bystander as a word of authority
and appraisal.”
~ C. Neil Strait
Slide 5
“ The notion of looking on at
life has always been hateful to
me. What am I if I am not a
participant? In order to be, I
must participate.”
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Slide 6
“The Christian ideal has not
been tried and found wanting.
It has been found difficult,
and left untried.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
Slide 7
“We will never transform the
world as individuals.”
~ Julie A. Gorman
Slide 8
“Since community alone will
survive from this world into
the next, it is ultimately the
only thing God is doing today
that has eternal significance.”
~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikien
Slide 9
“Jesus Christ, by putting us in
his body, determined that we
would need each other as
much as we need him.”
~ Richard Halverson
Slide 10
“I am learning that the best cure
for hypocrisy is community.
Hypocrisy is not so much the
result of not living what I preach
but much more of not confessing
my inability to fully live up to my
own words.”
~ Henri Nouwen
Slide 11
“We have no right to ask God
for more people until we see
progress in those He has
already given us to equip.”
~ John MacArthur, Jr.
Slide 12
“Because every hunger, when
followed to its source, turns out
to be a hunger for God, it is vital
that we live in a community safe
enough for us to express and
explore all our desires.”
~ Dr. Larry Crabb
Slide 13
“It is through encounter with
others that the self exists.”
~ R. S. Anderson
Slide 14
“The most conspicuous
weakness of evangelical
Protestant theology has been its
lack of understanding and
witness to authentic community
as the fulfillment of the believer’s
personal relation to God.”
~ C. N. Kraus
Slide 15
"Let everyone, therefore, who
knows himself to be a Christian
be assured of this, and apply it to
himself – that we are all priests,
and there is no difference
between us.”
~ Martin Luther
Slide 16
"In our time it may well be that the
greatest single bottleneck to the renewal
and outreach of the church is the
division of roles between clergy and laity
that results in a hesitancy of the clergy
to trust the laity with significant
responsibility, and in turn a reluctance
on the part of the laity to trust
themselves as authentic ministers of
Christ, either in the church or outside
the church."
~ Robert Munger
Slide 17
“When the church becomes
worldly and replaces oneness
with hierarchy and sanctification
with stratification, modern
pagans find no reason to trade
one form of hell for another.”
~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian
Slide 18
“Pastors sometimes say what the
itching ears of their
congregations want to hear.
Prostitutes do whatever their
clients desire. There really isn’t
much difference.”
~ Dr. Larry Crabb, Psychologist
Slide 19
Welcome to
The Meeting House…
where you won’t get your
ears scratched.
Slide 20
“So in Christ we who are many
form one body, and each
member belongs to all the
others.”
~ Romans 12:5 (TNIV)
Slide 21
GOSPEL = GOOD NEWS
The Gospel is the Good News
message that religion is no
longer necessary in order to
have intimacy with God.
Slide 22
“I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God that
brings salvation of everyone who
believes: first to the Jew, then to the
Gentile. For in the gospel the
righteousness from God is revealed
– a righteousness that is by faith
from first to last, just as it is written:
‘The righteous will live by faith.’”
~ Romans 1:16-17 (TNIV)
Slide 23
“We are the temple of the
living God. As God has said:
‘I will live with them and walk
among them, and I will be their
God, and they will be my
people.’”
~ 2 Corinthians 6:16 (TNIV)
Slide 24
“As you come to him, the living
Stone – rejected by human beings
but chosen by God and precious to
him – you also, like living stones, are
being built into a spiritual house to
be a holy priesthood, offering
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ.”
~ 1 Peter 2:4-5 (TNIV)
Slide 25
“Christ has set us free! This
means we are really free. Now
hold on to your freedom and
don’t ever become slaves of
the Law again.”
~ Galatians 5:1 (CEV)
Slide 26
“All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me. Therefore go
and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and teaching them to
obey everything I have commanded
you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age.”
~ Matthew 28:19-20 (TNIV)
Slide 27
“…you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes on
you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth.”
~ Acts 1:8 (TNIV)
Slide 28
“One Of These Things Just
Doesn’t Belong Here”
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Committed and involved people.
Spiritually seeking people (& family).
New and inquisitive visitors.
Hurting people in a process of healing.
Semi-regular attending inactive
space-taking seat warmers.
Slide 29
“As each one has received a special gift,
employ it in serving one another, as
good stewards of the manifold grace of
God. Whoever speaks, let him speak, as
it were, the utterances of God; whoever
serves, let him do so as by the strength
which God supplies; so that in all things
God may be glorified through Jesus
Christ, to whom belongs the glory and
dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
~ 1 Peter 4:10-11 (NASB)
Slide 30
The First Reformation…
Decentralisation of KNOWLEDGE
The Radical Reformation…
Decentralisation of AUTHORITY
The New Reformation…
Decentralisation of MINISTRY
Slide 31
GOD’S PEOPLE…
“a royal priesthood” (NIV)
“a kingdom of priests” (NLT)
~ 1 Peter 2:5 & 9
Slide 32
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME!…
CLERGY (kleros) =
municipal administrators
LAITY (laos) =
those people they ruled in political power
Slide 33
“Do all things without grumbling
or disputing; that you may prove
yourselves to be blameless and
innocent, children of God above
reproach in the midst of a
crooked and perverse
generation, among whom you
appear as lights in the world.”
~ Philippians 2:14-15 (NASB)
Slide 34
Slide 35
DON’T JUST STAND THERE – DO SOMETHING!
Set up & Take Down Team
Home Church Leadership
Tape Duplication
Lighting
Music
Outreach Team
Children
Website
Greeting
Prayer Team
Ushering
Resource Centre
Café
Care Team
Youth
Welcome Desk
Facility Maintenance
Audio
Assisting in Office
Video
Drama
Young Adults
Slide 36
We Might Be Crazy, But
Slide 37