why?

Why is it that families act the obsolute worst at funerals. Yesterday I was as bothered as I have ever been at a service - not only was the family headed up by a drama queen - the pastor was a jerk! The deceased had been an addict for all of this life until he developed brain cancer and three weeks he gave his life to Christ! I baptized him the day before he died.

The baptist pastor lied about the date of salvation, stated he was not baptized and named only his mother and girlfriend as survivors - deliberately ignoring th man's daughter and grandchildren.

When I went to speak with him about it he lied to me about knowing her since his conversation was contradictory -- so I held on to his lapels and explained that he would correct his error at the graveside. That was something new for me....

The daughter is a member of the Branchville Church and when one of the church members explained how sorry he was about this she stated, looking at the church members who were there, that she didn't know what he was talking about - she was with her family and they drove 30 miles to support her.

How did that goofball get a large church? Dis-honest and false and his congregation grows.... I wonder if that is a new church growth method?

things are changing

we are experiencing a move of God at the Branchville Church and it is exciting to see what the Lord will be doing next! In September alone we have seen five people come to Christ and from there who knows what will occur. Yesterday we were scheduled to baptize 2 adult women and the husband of one of them came and presented himself for baptism also.

Next week we will focus on the Mission of God - which is the mission of the church.

Yesterday

Yesterday we saw three people come to Christ after a fairly strong message on what we have accepted as the normal American Christian - the mediocrity we see in the American Church is an indictment on pastor's and teacher over the last several decades.

The Branchville Church is adapting CPM principles to test whether or not such a pattern of reproduction can be effectivily implemented in a small semi-rural southern town.

Will post results when they occur.

KLM

wondering

So I am wondering what it would take for this small Cumberland Presbyterian Church to leverage it's ability to connect internationally so that our local becomes global and the local church grows? That is one question.

Secondly, I wonder why people show up to church and bible studies, learn what the Word says and then think they get to decide if God is right or not. Do they not realize that only God has that right and that by doing so they are setting up an idol?

I have been reading Freidmans The World is Flat and realized that I am living in the world he describes. Think about this for a moment -- I live in Odenville, AL, a place no one has heard of -- we do have two stop lights so we are moving up in the world. The person who handles my , email communications and church database lives in Utah. I am going to school in South Africa. My peer learning group members are in Mexico and Texas. I am recieving Urban Strategist training from Dallas and I am currently opening relationships with churches in Madrid, Spain.

The interconnectiveness of the wired world has opened amazing opportunites -- I wonder if the church will take advantage of them?