Chris Morton » Francis Chan http://www.chrismorton.info Exploring the Present Eternity Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Verge Reflections, Day 3 http://www.chrismorton.info/2010/02/08/verge-reflections-day-3/ http://www.chrismorton.info/2010/02/08/verge-reflections-day-3/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:49 +0000 Chris http://www.chrismorton.info/?p=1338 The Verge Conference ended with a rally.  Local boy John Burke led off by saying “if the formerly unchurched are not leading the church, the church is dying.” Compared to some of the cutting edge thinkers that show up at these conferences, John’s methods may seem a little bit traditional.  However, the fruit, Gateway Church, fits his description perfectly.  All talk of missional-ness doesn’t really matter if you don’t have the fruit.

Jeff Vanderstelt said what should be obvious: do life the way you do normally, just with gospel intentionality.  It’s not that tough.  Hang out with your friends-including those who don’t know Christ.  Dave Gibbons suggested that we walk through crowds slowly, seeing the blessing of God on each person.

Francis Chan ended the conference by marching through each book of the New Testament, showing how pain and persecution are unavoidable when living a missional life.  Having accidentally stumbled into more than one fox holes, I know this to be very true.  I just hope that the people of Christ represented at Verge are ready for the pain, because the world needs us.

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