A day of church planting/revitalisation explorations in Adelaide awaits.
This post from Ed Stetzer sums up one of the substantial issues to be worked through when a church seeks to be renewed or even rebuilt.
We have to cultivate the knowledge that the change is worth it, and preferences set aside or left behind are a pain borne to serve the Gospel imperative, the fruit of which will bring more satisfying and lasting pleasure than our preferences.
From Stetzer:
People hurt for their preferences when there’s change. But part of the role of pastors and church leaders is to help people hurt for the right things. When people don’t get things their way, it hurts them. That shouldn’t surprise you. But, instead, leaders have to help them hurt for the things that break the heart of God.
Change can come, but it will come by the way of pain.
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