Podcast Episode
Episode 27: Why are churches drifting away from their main purpose of discipleship? What is the cure? New Segment: Pastor Disaster - The (ALMOST) Missing Finger and MORE: with Chris Reinolds, the Strategic Outsider of Jacksonville, Florida
About this episode
Today we talk to the Strategic Outsider, Chris Reinolds, a missions strategist from Northeast Florida. Chris is a great writer and thinker about the mission of the church, and he encourages us today to focus on those practices and programs that align with the church's primary mission, and to cut those things we don't which don't line up with our primary purpose. In addition, we also discuss: The aspects of pastoring that seminary doesn't prepare you for. Why church bylaws are probably more important than most pastors and church leaders realize. A church that isn't abiding by its bylaws opens itself up to big trouble in legal and lawsuit terms, even for unrelated issues. Chris Reinolds, host of the Kingdom over Turf Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrpOtpnXQsUo-YdeiiL-3TVSUi-R-os8B Chris Reinolds Strategic Outsider Substack: https://associationmissionstrategist.substack.com/ The benefits of having somebody come in to your church and see it from an outsider's perspective Clarity House: https://clarityhouse.us/clarity-assessment/ Why are churches drifting away from their main purpose of discipleship? What is the cure for purpose drift? The most valuable insights lie in the most difficult things to measure. Florida Man/Aligators/Shark Attacks Four questions to bring YOUR church to clarity in its mission and purpose: 1. Whose church is this? Christ's Church! 2. If this is Christ's church, what has He called us to do? Answer: The Great Commission by the means of the Great Commandment. 3. What are we currently doing in light of the Great Commission and the Great Commandment? 4. What are we going to do about the things we are doing that are NOT helping us to accomplish the Great Commission and the Great Commandment? Asking these questions, answering them, and then making changes based on the answers will sometimes bring about battles and battle scars for pastors and leaders, because change is often difficult and painful for everybody concerned. The dangers of seminary-trained pastors talking over the heads of church members about important biblical truths.