Wednesday, January 16, 2008
What Charismatic Leaders Are Talking About
We just wrapped up the Charismatic Leadership Summit held here at Strang over the past two days. And while my mind is going 180 mph trying to process some of the dialogue that went on, I wanted to quickly highlight some of the thought-provoking statements that resonated among this group that included some of the most renowned and respected charismatic-Pentecostal leaders around. (I'm intentionally leaving out which leaders said these to avoid detracting from the statements themselves.)
- "You've exited your calling when you seek to please people."
- "I think [humility] is something that in many parts here in the West is sadly lacking. There's an arrogance, there's a pride, there's an assumption that we do it best, we know what we're talking about. There's not the humility to learn from those who maybe aren't as wealthy, who don't dress right. They don't speak English very well, they don't have degrees and they don't have slick books with their pictures on the back of them. Their videos and TV stuff is way behind, it isn't cutting edge. But humility demands that we learn to listen and learn. The heart of this gets back to that posture of humility before God."
- "One of the reasons that the reformation of justice or transformation of society makes a momentary impact and then 20 years later seems to dissipate (of course there are exceptions to that) is that the vessels of reformation and change don't have an intentionality about sustained connectedness with the Lord or to passing that on to the next generation--which is the key, I believe from Jesus' words, to sustained change in society."
- "The overriding power of a church is in simplicity."
- "Why haven't we seen sustained results after the many revivals? I think it has to do with the lack of keeping a kingdom culture DNA."
- "I am committed to still believing that we don't have to acquiesce or surrender the power of God in order to win a generation. If we're going to win the Muslim world, if we're going to win America over, we need to demonstrate the power of God. ... There should be a continuity of 'We believe' even to the ballot box. We can’t articulate a message of righteousness, justice, holiness and integrity and a commitment to our core Christian values and then surrender them for the sake of political expediency at the end of the day."
- "Moves of God and revivals themselves are not the endgame; the kingdom of God is the endgame."
- "I have the privilege of interacting with a lot of international pastors and church leaders in the developing, underserved nations of the world. It's clear to me that God is raising up a new kind of leader in the body of Christ, a new kind of charismatic leader in this two-thirds world. He is raising up men and women who have anointing without arrogance, boldness without brashness, power without pride. I don't believe I've ever heard a sermon by a charismatic on James 2:5 that says, 'Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith?' We think that those are somehow contradictory."
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The "favorite" was encouraging. I must say that over the last 10 years I've grown very discouraged with the number of Pentecostal/Charismatic churches I've seen fall apart...
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: 5:29 PM
Marcus,
Just wanted to say you are doing a tremendous job at Ministry Today!
Humility always has, and always will be the way Jesus wants us to reach the masses!
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Just wanted to say you are doing a tremendous job at Ministry Today!
Humility always has, and always will be the way Jesus wants us to reach the masses!
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