Over the years I have been in many brainstorming sessions and spent many late nights sharing horror stories with youth pastors. These are the ones that take the cake. Of course, names have been redacted to protect the innocent-ish.
New churches tend to attract three kinds of people: those from other churches who respond out of a sense of call; those not currently engaged in a church, who are intrigued by the idea of something different; and those who are dissatisfied and looking for a reason to leave the church they now attend.
In episode 39 of the Threshing Floor Podcast, our hosts seem ready to launch into summer. They discuss Aldersgate, the place of salvation in Wesleyan Theology, and the recent blockbuster film, Mad Max.
what it means to live missionally is to have authentic friendship with people in these networks. If Jesus is truly important to you, and if you have real friendships with people, then Jesus is going to come up sooner or later in the natural course of sharing life.
