The GREATEST calling…
I had lunch with a leader in our denom I respect greatly yesterday. He has been behind our church since the day we started and has been nothing but cool since we started. He gets IT. The meeting consisted of me, him and another sharp young leader here in the state.
I post very little about the SBC here. I leave that to other people who care a WHOLE lot more about it then I do. But the conversation was very interesting. We talked about the fact that either the SBC will change or 20 years from now it will be about as relevant as the Amish are today.
We talked about the fact that young leaders ARE going to form relationships outside of the denom but in order for change to happen we must be willing to still be active in the denom and “pay the rent” until change happens.
I agree with that but….
My struggle is this: I feel I have the GREATEST calling the world to pastor a local New Testament Church. I don’t think it gets any better then that. I am not sure I am called to try and change a denomination, matter of fact, I know I am not called to do that. What I think young leaders have to decide is where the time, energy, and need for fighting for their denom (whichever one you are part of) comes in balanced with the GREATEST thing which is the church God called us too. Changing a denom COULD be a good thing but the greatest thing is the local church. Remember: Good is the enemy of Great.
I can’t help but wonder if these people got as excited and as passionate and spent as much time trying to reach their communities and allowing God to use them to build their churches instead of trying to change the denom, how much more of an impact would they have?
Do I want to see changes in the SBC? Sure, it would be nice.
Am I willing to take time away from something I am already doing and devote the time and energy to playing the game in hope that change happens one day? I’m not sure.
Just something I have been thinking about…
Okay, that is enough talk about the SBC. 