In Jewish culture, the home, not the synagogue, was the center of spiritual life.  Turns out that this was a brilliant strategy that is being restored today in the spiritual Revolution that is under way.  In this episode, we'll look at two reasons this is vitally important for us today.

Growing up, I had always heard that the church started at Pentecost.  Now, certainly, the outpouring of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost described in Acts 2 was a landmark event.  But, was it the day church began?  If the church didn't start then, when did it start?  And what difference does that make to us today?

My sophomore year of college, I flunked out.  I wasn't goofing off.  I was trying hard.  But, I still flunked out.  My conclusion was that I must be really stupid.  But, maybe there was another explanation.

In the movie, Stand and Deliver, Jaime Escalante educed things from students at Garfield High that they never knew they had.  It changed their lives forever.  

This same skill of educing is foundational to the new paradigm of the Revolution where everyone gets to contribute when the church gathers.  (1 Cor. 14:26). The rally cry is "Everyone gets to play!"

God has given a unique expression of His grace (gifts) to each one of us (Eph. 4:7).  But, how do I know what those unique gifts are in my life?  An important part of the answer is found in the word "educing".   And, this is foundational to the new paradigm of the Revolution where everyone gets to contribute when the church gathers.  (1 Cor. 14:26). The rally cry is "Everyone gets to play!"

We now know why our disciple making programs have produced such minimal fruit.  (65 million Americans have voted with their feet and have left the church!). 

The reason?  Our programs have been mostly oriented to the left brain.  But, it's the right brain that shapes our character.  Whole brain disciple making will be a central element of the new paradigm of church!  We unpack some of what that looks like in this episode.

Zach LaValley was a successful youth pastor and worship pastor... until everything in the church fell apart.  That's what God used to "compel" Zach to leave the old paradigm of church.  ("Compel to leave" is the translation of the Greek word exballo.  This word is used in the prayer that Jesus instructed his disciples in Luke 10:2.  "Beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust out (exballo - compel to leave) workers into the harvest field."   In this episode, Zach describes the challenging and exciting journey that he and his wife and children have been on.

In the spiritual Revolution that is underway, we see that the Lord of the harvest is "compelling" multitudes of people around the world to leave the old paradigm of church.  For more on what constitutes the "old paradigm", listen to episode #2.

You are in for a real treat in this episode!  It’s a conversation between two of our LK10 Leaders in Australia - Ben Hamilton and Dan Swan.  It’s conversations like this that help us see that the Revolution isn’t just theory.  The paradigm shifting values and practices that I’m talking about in the episodes up to now are being worked out in real life.

One of the really remarkable parts of this story comes about halfway through the conversation.  There, Ben describes eight generations of disciples that make disciples that make disciples and so on.  I encourage you to listen carefully for the reasons that this was able to happen.

Our five week Church 101 Course is a simple tool that makes it easy for generational multiplication to occur.  Want to sign up?  You can do it here.

When Kenny and I had breakfast that morning in October 2002, we had no idea what God was setting in motion.  We made a commitment to pray the prayer that Jesus had instructed in Luke 10:2b every day for a week.  Soon, we realized we had no idea how to pray that prayer so we added a second prayer.  "Holy Spirit, teach us how to pray this 10:2b prayer."  For the next year, the Spirit taught us principle after principle about that half verse.  Amazing!  And, in the end, Kenny and I ended up praying that prayer every day for six years.  It was thrilling as we found the Lord of the harvest sending us leader after leader.

In this episode, I explain the vital principle the Coach taught us from the story of the Widow Lady in Luke 18.  That story is introduced this way ...“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up."

REPOST: Presence & Practice a Podcast by John Loppnow, "Joy Fueled Catalyzing A Revolution of joyful Communities [LK10] with Toni Daniels"

 John Loppnow interviews Toni Daniels about the LK10 Community and our book, Joy Fueled:  Catalyzing a Revolution of Joyful Communities.  If you've been listening to my podcasts here in Stories from the Revolution it's important for you to hear Toni's voice also.  Toni is our LK10 Training Champion and has developed one of the best training pathways I've ever seen.  (If you are interested, email me and ask about Listed Facilitator Training.). You will find that Toni and I say similar things but it's so valuable to hear them from a different perspective.  Toni has a lot to say about The Revolution!

The interviewer, John Loppnow, also has a lot to say about The Revolution.  John is a member of a LK10 Leader Team but he and his wife, Sungshim, also lead their own ministry called Presence and Practice:  Changing the World one relationship at a time.