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Jim Britts: Restructuring a Church Into A Disciplemaking Team
Jim Britts tells an exciting story.
God interrupted his plans to live as a conventional youth pastor till age 80. He's still working with younger people but as a church planter and multiplier. Then he discovered the power of discipling people into Christ which required restructuring the church.
COVID presented new opportunities. The church now functions with two operating systems. One to serve long-time members while the other unites persons of peace met on the street then disciples them into Christ. As you might expect from Matthew 10 and Luke 10 these people bring their friends and family into a relationship with Jesus--mostly outside of any congregation or building.
The church now mostly equips and strengthens disciplemakers who reach into neighborhoods and communities of folks radically different from Jim and his personal church history.
The kicker is the incredible community penetration and the unusual form. Jim moved from a conventional role into operating a business that removed financial pressure from the church. They meet in a park (Parkside Church) on Sunday mornings but the core drivers all gather around a meal, fellowship and disciplemaking (that is only a dream for many pastors) on Sunday afternoons.
This one will shatter many of your categories and assumptions about church.
You can catch Jim at https://parksidechurch.cc and the interview is so good that we posted it to YouTube at https://youtu.be/BI14RgykXno
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By Ralph MooreJim Britts tells an exciting story.
God interrupted his plans to live as a conventional youth pastor till age 80. He's still working with younger people but as a church planter and multiplier. Then he discovered the power of discipling people into Christ which required restructuring the church.
COVID presented new opportunities. The church now functions with two operating systems. One to serve long-time members while the other unites persons of peace met on the street then disciples them into Christ. As you might expect from Matthew 10 and Luke 10 these people bring their friends and family into a relationship with Jesus--mostly outside of any congregation or building.
The church now mostly equips and strengthens disciplemakers who reach into neighborhoods and communities of folks radically different from Jim and his personal church history.
The kicker is the incredible community penetration and the unusual form. Jim moved from a conventional role into operating a business that removed financial pressure from the church. They meet in a park (Parkside Church) on Sunday mornings but the core drivers all gather around a meal, fellowship and disciplemaking (that is only a dream for many pastors) on Sunday afternoons.
This one will shatter many of your categories and assumptions about church.
You can catch Jim at https://parksidechurch.cc and the interview is so good that we posted it to YouTube at https://youtu.be/BI14RgykXno
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.