Starting a Church for Dummies (1)
If you feel a bit dumb, when it comes to starting a new church, do not worry because the Holy Spirit is a bit dumb too. A dumb person cannot speak. The Holy Spirit can only speak using the voice of another person or by putting thoughts into a person’s mind. However, he is really smart at starting churches. If you are dumb enough to stop talking and listen to the Holy Spirit, you are just smart enough to start a new church. Too many Christians worry about a whole lot of irrelevant issues. The answers to these questions do not matter. Just do what will work for the people involved.
Getting out of the established church is the hard bit, starting a new one is much easier. Just get together with a few other Christians that you trust and listen to what Holy Spirit is saying. Act dumb (listen) until you hear what he is saying, then do it.
1 comment:
I'm sure a lot of people hassle and sweat excessively over that list, but it seems to me that "irrelevant" is too strong a word.
Granted, the point is the wine, but the NT has a good bit to say about the wineskin. It does matter.
If "doing what works" is one's only motto, the whole thing might turn into a rather tepid affair in a hurry. It is always a temptation to make God in one's own image.
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