I would imagine that a high percentage of pastors have read Reggie McNeal's book The Present Future as well as some of his other leadership books. I recently saw a video of McNeal speaking and was stuck by a couple of his thoughts.
"God counts who is missing." In church we count who is there. God counts the missing boy, son, coin, sheep. Do we count who is missing? Can we name them? If not are we engaged in the right places?
"Our churches have become desalinization plants." He is saying we take salt out of the world.
"The church is not the destination." He uses the example of an airport. When an airport thinks it is the destination and gets all the planes on the ground close to the terminal it messes everyone up in a negative way. The airport is supposed to be a connector. It connects people to the Kingdom.
Some good thoughts to chew on there.
Learning To Count
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