HCP - Ep. 75 - “The Nones”
On this podcast of HCP, Larry and Drew discuss this ever increasing group of people who don’t want to be labeled as having any religion. How did we get here? Are we ministering to these people? Did we do something as church leaders to give rise to this group?
In many ways we’ve gotten it backwards in the church. We preach to 100% of people in our services hoping 50% stick around, and pray that 25% will engage in serving, growing and going on mission. But what we see from Jesus’ ministry is the opposite. He has a powerful connection to the Father as “1”, then invests deeply in discipling and training “3” (Peter, James, and John), and gives a broader focus to “12” (the disciples), sends out the “72” and then we see 120 in Acts 1. What can we learn about how we lead our churches now and some ideas to consider for how we lead in the future.
What is the way for the future? Maybe we should see Covid as an opportunity to refocus and redirect some priorities.
We should:
Many thoughts and ideas from this podcast come from author Will Mancini and his book “Future Church”.
Also find more on “The Nones” in Ryan Burge’s book:
"The Nones"
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