Dave Gibbons

8/7/2009
Day 2
Dave Gibbons
2 greatest commandments:
Love God
Love your neighbor
Who is that neighbor? Someone like us.? We are called to develop a church that is not like us.
A 3rd culture leader.
Adaptation
Painful adaptation
Mindset to love and serve even if it's not comfortable.
We have to focus on the fringe, the misfits, not the masses. It's the early adapters that lead the masses.
Vision typically moves from the leader to the elders to the congregation
Jesus was an outsider, the focus needs to be on the fringe.
3rd culture leader has different metrics. We usually dream of up and to the right graph. Usually it does go up and down all over the place.
that roller coaster is success to God to connect with others. They are the gifts from God that allows you to make a difference. The world understands suffering. More important than the gifts tests are their stories. How many people do we really see? Walk slowly. The eyes of a father.
Weakness guides us more than our strength.
Relationships trump vision. We already have the vision. It's not about the building it's what happens in the building.
70/30 changes in priorities
Priority shifts, 70% not sermon preparation but leadership development.
Change your learning and who you hang with
change the scene
Obedience is more important than passion.
Deep collaboration, with other ministries
Communal living.
Prayer-the church needs to believe in the power of the Holy Spirit
Radical sacrifice for the outsiders.