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May 13 2009
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Notes From the Pepperdine Lectures – Phil and Meredith McCullom

Notes from Phil & Meredith McCullom’s class at Pepperdine – “New Churches in New Places for New People pt. 4” – Friday, 9:00PM

  • We don’t plant churches – we teach people to obey – church plants occur naturally when people obey.
  • When we obey, God gives us more opportunities to be obedient.
  • Making disciples isn’t an event so much as it is a way of life. If a person isn’t making disciples where they are right now, why should they go “plant” a church somewhere else and expect things to be different?
  • The Holy Spirit & Jesus plant or build churches – our job is simply to be gospel planters or Word of God planters – God will build His church, not us.
  • Make sure you’re planting the real seed – not something else. Your goal has to be for people to rely on the Lord – not for them to rely on you!

Phil & Meredith are simple church planters working in East Hollywood, CA. Airiel and I are hoping to have them up for a visit sometime.

I thought their comments on the church planting panel were biblical and very practical.

If you’d like to keep up with the McCullom’s work, bookmark their website: http://WayOfLifeVillage.org

Happy Wednesday!

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May 11 2009
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Leadership, Resources

Notes From the Pepperdine Lectures – Tim Spivey

Notes from Tim Spivey’s class – “The Word Made Flesh” – Friday, 8:30AM

  • A lot of church consultants and resource people talk about “closing the back door of your church,” but if your church is functioning properly it will always have people who leave.
  • Spiritually healthy people tend to leave unhealthy churches, spiritually unhealthy people tend to leave healthy churches.
  • “The body is made to pass waste” (lol)
  • The body has an immune system – when the immune system erodes, the body gets sick.
  • “Nobody says cancer deserves a place in the body!”
  • If a core person leaves – a person who helps form the spiritual backbone of your church – then something may be wrong with the health of your church. But if someone leaves who is uninvolved or is a constant complainer/troublemaker, then the body is simply functioning as it should.
  • Moral: your church may need more fiber.

I only caught the tail end of this class (I actually showed up early for the class that was to be in that room next), but enjoyed what I heard. I’m not sure if those bullet points were part of his main lecture on “The Word Made Flesh,” or if he was saying those things in response to a question (I think he may have been answering a question).

Check out Tim’s review of the Pepperdine lectures. He’s right, the Pepperdine Lectures have no rival.

More notes from other classes coming in future posts.

Happy Monday!

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May 03 2009
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Random, Update

Pepperdine?

I’m going to the Pepperdine Lectures this week in Malibu.

I’ve never been before, but I’ve heard good things.

Supposedly, the Pepperdine lectures rank A #1 when compared to lectureships put on by other Restoration Movement schools. Is that true? Why or why not?

Anyway, I think this trip will be a lot of fun. Airiel and I are taking the kids, and we’ll be rooming with our friends the Fletchers in a two-bedroom apartment on Pepperdine’s campus for a few days.

We look forward to good lessons, and good company.

Anyone else going?

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