Comments on: Sunday Night Reflections: June 14, 2009 http://www.daveingland.com/2009/06/14/sunday-night-reflections-june-14-2009/ Commentary and discussion on the missional church, faith, culture, media and more... Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charlotte Conley http://www.daveingland.com/2009/06/14/sunday-night-reflections-june-14-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Charlotte Conley Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:27:58 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=796#comment-634 I got so much out of Pastor Chan's teaching this week! :) I, for one, choose not to be disappointed at Sunday's turnout. I'm totally OK with letting God be GOD in this, as in everything else. I am confident that God will build Revolution Church in His own way, and in His own time. All we have to do is keep pressing on, and keep our eyes on Jesus. He'll do the rest. I got so much out of Pastor Chan’s teaching this week! :) I, for one, choose not to be disappointed at Sunday’s turnout. I’m totally OK with letting God be GOD in this, as in everything else. I am confident that God will build Revolution Church in His own way, and in His own time. All we have to do is keep pressing on, and keep our eyes on Jesus. He’ll do the rest.

]]> By: daveingland http://www.daveingland.com/2009/06/14/sunday-night-reflections-june-14-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-633 daveingland Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:18:54 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=796#comment-633 RP: Interesting in that it is usually small churches that wonder why there is an emphasis on numbers of people, while the larger churches wonder why the small churches aren't growing. With over 90% of churches in America under 100 in attendance in their weekly worship services, it does cause us to wonder why the emphasis on big churches. Does this mean that 10% of the churches are experiencing favor from God while 90% of the churches are being led by man? No one thinks that, yet we speak as if we believe it. When we seek to disciple others such as Jesus was doing with the original 12, larger numbers actually make it harder, if not impossible. My comment in the original post wasn't meant to be a criticism of anyone, it's just that it seems like there is some disappointment or letdown if we don't have a lot of people showing up right now. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts on this post :) RP: Interesting in that it is usually small churches that wonder why there is an emphasis on numbers of people, while the larger churches wonder why the small churches aren’t growing. With over 90% of churches in America under 100 in attendance in their weekly worship services, it does cause us to wonder why the emphasis on big churches. Does this mean that 10% of the churches are experiencing favor from God while 90% of the churches are being led by man? No one thinks that, yet we speak as if we believe it.

When we seek to disciple others such as Jesus was doing with the original 12, larger numbers actually make it harder, if not impossible.

My comment in the original post wasn’t meant to be a criticism of anyone, it’s just that it seems like there is some disappointment or letdown if we don’t have a lot of people showing up right now.

Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts on this post :)

]]> By: RP http://www.daveingland.com/2009/06/14/sunday-night-reflections-june-14-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-632 RP Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:29:32 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=796#comment-632 Jesus only had a group of 12 and he was fine with that, wasn't he? I wonder why we are so focused on numbers at times. Jesus only had a group of 12 and he was fine with that, wasn’t he? I wonder why we are so focused on numbers at times.

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