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Exponential ’13, whose purpose is to Accelerate Movements, kicked off this afternoon with amazing presentations Jim Putman of Real Life Ministries in ID and Francis Chan on the subject of discipleshift (yes I spelled that right).
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“There is never movement without reproduction…Movement would accomplish the purposes of Jesus.” – Dave Ferguson
Jim Putman
- My fear is people will give credit to the wrong things and reproduce the wrong things.
- My dad, despite the shame I brought upon him, kept loving…Their life was the real deal.
- Atheism takes you to a place where you think you’re God. And no one wants to live with someone who thinks they’re God.
- I remember the night I gave my life to the Lord. I just felt new.
- Asking me to be a pastor was like asking me to be part of a losing team.
- 90% of Christians will die without ever sharing their faith.
- What is winning to the church? What should we be measuring?
- As I look at the church in America, we see our influence waning.
- Christians can’t answer basic Bible questions.
- It’s His (Jesus) church if it’s under His authority. We have too many people wondering what the people want.
- His mission is NOT to make converts and it never has been. His mission is to make disciples.
- A disciple is following Jesus…being made into something else…is committed to the mission of Jesus.
- The saddest thing about Christians is they are the loneliest people in the world.
- AA took everything out of the church that was supposed to be in the church.
- The sad part of Christianity is that we’ve built a Christianity that doesn’t satisfy souls.
- We define Christianity in a way that does not work.
- Jesus is the greatest disciple maker in history. He discipled 12.
- Why would every pastor want what every teacher hates? Only 20% of people have an auratory learning style.
- Our people are being converted and then invited to come and watch.
- I’m not against church services. We have them every week. I’m just against church services only.
Francis Chan
- The problem is getting people to make disciples is I question how many of them are really believers.
- How many people who attend our church on Sunday are going to hell?
- Paul chose to sound dumber than he really was…I’m not going to know anything except Christ crucified.
- I’m betting it all on the gospel and that it is going to change people.
- When have you been part of a church where an unbeliever would walk in and say, “That’s impossible”?
- God wants to build a church that’s like a family.
- Our kids aren’t going to survive the way things are right now…Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
- This is the first generation who doesn’t believe the future is going to be brighter.
- More soldiers died by suicide last year than in combat.
- We got to talk serious about where the world is going.
- Strengthen what remains and is about to die.
- I bet there is some of you who would say, “I used to love Jesus more.”
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