tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625647619872074116.post5248780615244661454..comments2023-05-12T19:15:17.352+10:00Comments on Captain Collo: Church PlantingCaptain Collohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15923647122224271086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625647619872074116.post-36822172764464230372008-01-11T12:37:00.000+11:002008-01-11T12:37:00.000+11:00One wonders how many of the supposed skills the ap...One wonders how many of the supposed skills the apostles had and whether Jesus picked them because he knew they had them and simply needed to be developed. One also wonders where the Holy Spirit comes into this list. It is the Spirit who connects us to the mission of the triune God. Through his presence in us we catch the divine infection, we participate in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit’s love for one another and mission of love to the world. Pentecost was about the Holy Spirit, who is on mission, sent by the Father and the Son, getting the apostles so that they could fulfill God’s mission through them. Pentecost was more about the apostles joining the Spirit than the Spirit joining them. We tend to reverse the order. Dave’s though raises the question what must we do to dispel our apathy and rekindle our passion for renewed mission involvement? In order to answer we issue calls to prayer and devise strategies to motivate ourselves and others – or we do tests to see what might be missing in us. Now good may come out of this but I think the approach is wrongheaded because it’s based on the faulty assumption that mission is primarily about what we do for God. May be the question ought to be ‘what’s hindering us from joining the mission in which the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are already engaged?’<BR/>WJEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625647619872074116.post-41008967700245802992008-01-06T08:30:00.000+11:002008-01-06T08:30:00.000+11:00I guess alternatively you can just go out and try ...I guess alternatively you can just go out and try doing it, using the raw guidance over on, say, Steve Addison's blog, and see what happens? But then I wouldn't want to put trainers out of business! I sense you can probably have all the competencies but still not be able to plant? I take it the list assumes you are both mature and growing in faith? I'd also say if you haven't got very clear understandings of group emotional dynamics and church health, you are stuffed. You may plant, but you won't form healthy groups. My take on it anyway, but it 's a useful list and thanks for posting it! Warmest blessings on your endeavours. :0)Eleanor Burne-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09167677121859556722noreply@blogger.com