tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030249274561921002.post1952125419584405564..comments2023-09-01T07:33:48.486-07:00Comments on Ta Deonta--"The Necessary Things": Pastors or Missionaries???Brian Barelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17270178459249770979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030249274561921002.post-16242074968517067302008-03-20T18:03:00.000-07:002008-03-20T18:03:00.000-07:00Great point DJ. Even today I talked with a pastor ...Great point DJ. Even today I talked with a pastor that longs to see his church transformed missionally.<BR/><BR/>I don't mean to slam pastors; I just mean that we should not be a ministry that primarily shepherds like a pastor, but mobilizes (evangelizes non-believers and develops believers into leaders) students. I think too often we draw students who want to be cared for rather than mobilized for the bigger picture (The Great Commission).Brian Barelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270178459249770979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030249274561921002.post-60846011166720390352008-03-19T13:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T13:23:00.000-07:00Alisha and I have sensed the same reluctance to em...Alisha and I have sensed the same reluctance to embrace (or try) change for the sake of reaching more students for Jesus as we have been critical of things like the 4-Laws and other "sacred" Crusade things. We have thrown around the idea that, especially if we are an evangelistic organization, then if we don't change our methods to fit the times we will soon die out.<BR/><BR/>I fear the problems we have with change are not primarily with a "pastor" heart, but lacking the heart of the gospel which always must have a missionary aspect. Pastors that don't preach this missionary reality as simple what it means to be Christian are just as much lacking and unbiblical. Groups like Acts 29 and others in the emerging stream are regaining the missional call of every believer.<BR/><BR/>And as long as we don't make that primary, and as you say, we manage, then we are in trouble. Just like churches that manage are in trouble, as is obvious with tons of groups that look more like the 1960's than 2000's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com