America rocked
9 July 2008Thanks again to everyone for all your prayers for the trip to sunny California!
After a difficult trip getting there thanks to USAir, (the original flight was cancelled, then they lost my bags and then eventually once i got on board it was delayed for an hour!! ) i arrived!
The conference was called Convergence and was hosted by Capital City Church Sacremento. There were a number of churches from all over the states represented. Other speakers there were Charles Simpson and Moses Vaigh (i think that’s his spelling).
The theme was becoming spiritual fathers, and raising spiritual families. I had some very exciting conversations with various pastors, some are involved in pioneering new works in Brazil as well as other cities in the US.
The message on my heart was that we should be more and more kingdom focused and less and less Church focused. God will build His church, we are to busy ourselves with day to day kingdom living, being obedient to the HS voice and seeking to be salt and light in our communities. The challenge to the church family needs to be impacting the communities we are living in. Redefining success is about not counting bums on seats but in the transformation of the communities that the church finds itself in.
People around the world are begging to come to the reality that every disciple of Jesus needs to become a spiritual parent responsible for the discipleship of those they reach. This thinking will not only radically improve the discipleship in our churches but also accelrate the spreading of the gospel and ultimatly the Kingdom of God.
Finding new ways to meet is important in reaching out to this world. New expressions of church are needed in all of our cities. Speaking to a small group of creative arts people so inspired me, there desire to reach out to an industry that would never have anything to do with church as we know it.
As more and more people start to live Kingdom lives, not focused on building an institution but rather subversivly impact their world we are going to see some very creative and exciting new ventures start. I cant wait.
Please pray as next we I am going to Inverness to chat some people that are seeking to pioneer something for Jesus in the highlands of Scotland! Bring it on!
on July 27th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Dave,
The time we spent really challenged my thinking. We are believing Jesus to build His church out here in Phoenix Arizona! I would love to chat more.
Thanks again!
Marco Triano
Freedom City