I hope you enjoy the tease =)
Chester
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From "Game Changers - A Guide to Effective Church Membership"
Chapter 26
Application
Becoming a Game Changer
Well
congratulations! You’ve discovered why
the name of this book is called “Game Changers.” A lot has taken place since our last application
chapter, and some very important developments in the lives of Victor and
Vicki. This chapter will be one of the
shortest, but I wanted to break in to explain what’s coming.
In the subsequent chapters, we will watch all
that is involved in becoming a Game Changer.
We will examine the practices and requirements that many churches are
afraid or unable to do. We won’t do a
lot of church government talk, (although as I finish this book I’m considering
a book about biblical church government vs. church government of today, so be
watching for it!) but we will see how Coventry
doesn’t spend time on power brokers or squeaky wheels. They have Kingdom Work to do and for those
not interested in doing the Lord’s work, they are politely asked to move along.
This attitude
seems harsh in today’s church, where we are more worried about losing money or
making people mad, but at Coventry
(which, by the way, is modeled after real world churches that take a similar
approach) the focus is on the Lord and His Will for HIS Church. That’s the whole point of being a Game
Changer. You see, the generally accepted
model for church members isn’t resulting in winning souls. In fact, the apathy that has crept in is inadvertently
causing (or permitting, if you will) souls to perish for eternity. If this were
a game, and of course it is much more important than that, we would desperately
seek a game changer. This simply being
someone to come in and hit a home run or throw that successful Hail Mary and
alter the direction we are heading.
Today, our churches need less members and more game changers.
