Bill Easums Observations

Well we have come to the end of this series. I hope it  has been helpful.

Perhaps you are asking, what can I do with all  of these conversations? Well, here are some places to begin.

1. Pay attention to the conversations going on today and see what you can learn from them. It may surprise you.
2. For those of you in spiritually alive congregations look for ways to mentor pastors in churches whose spiritual life is not so good.
3.  For those of you in dying churches, get out of there as fast as you can and quit wasting your life.
4.  Focus your people on the question - “What is it about my relationship with Jesus that the world cannot live without knowing?”
5. If you want your church to thrive in a pagan world you need to spend time with pagans. So get out of the office and help your members grow up spiritually.
6. Focus on growing people instead of growing your church.
7. Eliminate the missions committee and consider every leader a potential missionary to the West.
8. Focus on making your church so loving and warm people can’t help but grow.
9. Don’t encapsulate your people so firmly in church activities they lose touch with their pagan friends. Don’t extract them from the world.           
10. And above all, find ways to participate in the reproductive movements underfoot today.

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