CWC 2008
This, my second year at Change Without Compromise, I really expected most of what I was going to hear would be review. Boy was I wrong. Brad Powell was able to drive home the need for change in the church without compromising the message in a new and engaging way that was totally different than last year.
Here are some of what I felt were his key overall points;
- You have to create your service for the people who aren’t there yet, without neglecting the people who are.
- The church isn’t the temple, the people are.
- Always create new and fresh opportunities for momentum -
- do things different
- do things memorable
- do things fresh & creative or people will think God is boring and irrelevant.
- Accept short-term losses, for long term gains. (Lose the right people)
About Leaders:
- You have to have the right leaders
- Invest in leaders and building teams
- get rid of wrong leaders
- help your leaders understand the issues (what church is supposed to look like)
- develope new positive leaders
- Build teams of positive influencers
- Expose the need for change
Jesus never did the same miracle the same way twice. Why do we “always” do it the same way?
The church must be:
holy - set apart
- nothing to do with culture
- everything to do with character
missional - sent into
- everything to do with culture
And I hear the 2009 conference will be HUGH!