Francis Chan
Okay… so this is why I love Francis. When he speaks, he says one thing and he says it well. No holds barred, engaging and to the point. Just check out his blog… no frills, just blogging. Love it!!!
So that being said, here are my notes from his session.
Me – There is a spirit of timidity in our Churches today. But God didn’t give us a spirit of timidity… hmmm…
Francis – Pray for boldness…
It’s all up to God!
Rick Warren
I have to confess that since my Calvary Chapel roots are so deep I’ve never really been a big Rick Warren fan. Over the last few years I’ve learned to respect him (how can you not respect a guy whom God has used to reach so many people…? duh!) and at this conference when Andy Stanley interviewed him he pretty much won me over. Here are the notes… brilliant!
You cannot win your enemies to Christ… but you can win your friends!
@ Saddleback this year there were 50,000 people @ Easter Services, over 100,000 names on the roster @ Saddleback, 2600 new people in the last 2 weeks and they’ve baptized over 1,000 people in that last 2 weeks.
A lot of people would rather be cute than effective
Pastors should…
Divert Daily – what re-energizes you? If you work with your mind, divert with your hands (garden)
Withdraw Weekly – take a day off (Sabbath)
Abandon Yearly – don’t take your laptop or cellphone…You cannot build a healthy Church fast.. You can gather a crowd but a crowd is not a Church.
It’s not Rick’s way, it’s Jesus’ way
Never compare to anyone else, but learn from everyone
Everything didn’t start in 1990!
“…3rd most educated place in America! And yet the simpler I preach the more God blesses it!”
Purpose never changes, but terminology does! “I hate the term ‘Purpose Driven’”
To move people from unbeliever to missionary you must have an incremental plan!
“Come and see” Start there and begin to turn up th heat… “You’re my disciple if you eat my flesh and drink my blood… Take up your cross… Come and die!”
Are you a come and see Church? A come and die Church? Or all of the above…?
No Arms, No Legs
Ummm… Wow!
That’s pretty much all that I can say about Nick.
Here are my notes from his presentation… not a whole lot because I was pretty much speachless.
“I’d be dishonoring God if I didn’t believe that I was here to change the world!”
1. Pray – There was a study done with 10,000 couples who were ready for divorce. They comitted to 40 days of prayer together for 5 minutes. Only 1 couple actually got a divorce!
2. Thank God
3. Trust God
So pretty much everything that came out of his mouth made me say… “wow”.
See for yourself.
