Gaining By Losing: Why The Future Belongs To Churches That Send (exponential Series)
by J.D. Greear /
2015 / English / EPUB
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People are leaving the church J.D. Greear pastors. Big givers.
Key volunteers. Some of his best leaders and friends. And that’s
exactly how he wants it to be.
People are leaving the church J.D. Greear pastors. Big givers.
Key volunteers. Some of his best leaders and friends. And that’s
exactly how he wants it to be.
When Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission, he revealed
that the key for reaching the world with the gospel is found in
sending, not gathering. Though many churches focus time and
energy on attracting people and counting numbers, the real
mission of the church isn’t how many people you can gather. It’s
about training up disciples and then sending them out. The true
measure of success for a church should be its sending capacity,
not its seating capacity.
When Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission, he revealed
that the key for reaching the world with the gospel is found in
sending, not gathering. Though many churches focus time and
energy on attracting people and counting numbers, the real
mission of the church isn’t how many people you can gather. It’s
about training up disciples and then sending them out. The true
measure of success for a church should be its sending capacity,
not its seating capacity.
But there is a cost to this. To see ministry multiply, we must
release the seeds God has placed in our hands. And to do that, we
must ask ourselves whether we are concerned more with building
our kingdom or God’s.
But there is a cost to this. To see ministry multiply, we must
release the seeds God has placed in our hands. And to do that, we
must ask ourselves whether we are concerned more with building
our kingdom or God’s.
In
InGaining By Losing
Gaining By Losing, J.D. Greear unpacks ten plumb
lines that you can use to reorient your church’s priorities
around God’s mission to reach a lost world. The good news is that
you don’t need to choose between gathering or sending. Effective
churches can, and must, do both.
, J.D. Greear unpacks ten plumb
lines that you can use to reorient your church’s priorities
around God’s mission to reach a lost world. The good news is that
you don’t need to choose between gathering or sending. Effective
churches can, and must, do both.