Yesterday was one of those days where I was totally exhausted at the end of the day, but I felt like I had "loved God with all of my strength." It's amazing how high the RPMs are right now with the coffeehouse. And then I spoke at the Next Conference. I did a 45 minute main session and then a 2 hour breakout. I was exhausted and energized at the same time! I love speaking to pastors and church planters!
Lee McFarland spoke last night. He pastors Radiant Church in Surprise, Arizona--one of the fastest growing churches in America. They've grown by 2,0000 people in the last six months. Lee and I tag-teamed at a conference last year and totally clicked. He's one of those down-to-earth dreamers that I love to hang out with.
Lee gave up an executive position at Microsoft to plant Radiant Church. For what it's worth, he had to forfeit 16,000 Microsoft stock options when he quit. Microsoft was trading at $180 and they've split three times since then! You can do the math :) He took a church planter position paying $24,000! Here's the cool thing: he prayed that God would give him a soul for every stock option he gave up! He's well on his way to cashing in those soul options :) I'm thrilled about the way God is using Lee!
He said one thing that night that totally resonated with me: "I'm shamelessly addicted to finding creative ways of getting people to come to church."
Amen to that :)
Lee McFarland spoke last night. He pastors Radiant Church in Surprise, Arizona--one of the fastest growing churches in America. They've grown by 2,0000 people in the last six months. Lee and I tag-teamed at a conference last year and totally clicked. He's one of those down-to-earth dreamers that I love to hang out with.
Lee gave up an executive position at Microsoft to plant Radiant Church. For what it's worth, he had to forfeit 16,000 Microsoft stock options when he quit. Microsoft was trading at $180 and they've split three times since then! You can do the math :) He took a church planter position paying $24,000! Here's the cool thing: he prayed that God would give him a soul for every stock option he gave up! He's well on his way to cashing in those soul options :) I'm thrilled about the way God is using Lee!
He said one thing that night that totally resonated with me: "I'm shamelessly addicted to finding creative ways of getting people to come to church."
Amen to that :)
6 Comments:
Dude, your post set me on fire this morning--nothing like seeing someone lay it all on the line!
Sounds like you are doing some great work in DC--we should meet sometime!
Perry,
I'd love to connect!
Are you going to C3 at Fellowship?
Our Buzz conference is a great excuse to visit the nation's capital :) It'd be fun to have some of your team come up to DC.
Mark
OK dude--don't shoot--but when is the buzz conference? It sounds interesting & we might can make it.
I will not be going to C3 this year--the first year I have missed in many years...we are moving into our new building in February and we all feel like we need to be around so things can happen fast!
Where can I find out more about Buzz?
Go to www.buzzconference.com :)
Ed Young is speaking so you'll miss him at C3 but you can catch him at Buzz!
I wanna live that life that is shamelessly addicted to God...i wanna follow my passion of serving those that He has called to lead the church.....but i dont know where to begin
Hey J. I don't know but one way the Lord has increased my passion for my church it to increase my passion to pray for my pastors. I try to regularly ask the Lord how I can pray for them. Sometimes he just gives me a hint. It seems to me that supporting your leaders in prayer would be a great place to start. Go for it and see what He does with that. He may lead you to other ways that are practical as well. Heidi
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