gospel-driven ministry

Leaders remember . . . it's all about Jesus, period. There are christian leaders today who have slid away from a gospel-driven ministry, and placed the 'church', those believers and attenders inside the local body, into a comfortable christianity. Closing their doors on unbelievers and those of other gospels, building relationships only with those who attend their church, sharing life & latte's within a small circle, and allowing the pastor to fulfill his role by doing most if not all of the work of ministy.

Leaders, we have been commissioned and gifted to live out the life of Jesus - sharing the true 'Jesus stuff' with a gospel-starved, desperately-seeking and needy world; and this applys to those outside the church too. There are so many in our cities "who like Jesus, but not those in the church" (grabbed this one from Dan Kimball). Stick to the stuff by giving Jesus to those around you, and equipping your members to do the same.