tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815675.post111092668837246677..comments2023-10-17T01:47:22.890-07:00Comments on The Discipler: Mega-churchesMichael Hineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181066621100395991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815675.post-1126317740822388012005-09-09T19:02:00.000-07:002005-09-09T19:02:00.000-07:00I think somebody has a Napoleon complex.I think somebody has a Napoleon complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815675.post-1110987658825488692005-03-16T08:40:00.000-07:002005-03-16T08:40:00.000-07:00Many small churches are like the Nishnabotna river...Many small churches are like the Nishnabotna river, ten yards wide and an inch deep. There are reasons why small churches are small, some of them may have to do with demographics, but, for the most part, small churches are small because they are not healthy. That doesn't mean that they are not sound doctrinally, but rather may be dysfunctional in system dynamics. Of course it is possible for a church to become large with dysfunctional systems and doctrine that is not sound, but I do not have time to get into that. Our 40 DOP was good for us. We were able to connect with people that I thought we would never be able to connect with. We now have some good prospects in our little farming community. We were able to help our people grow spiritually as will. My biggest disappointment in 40 DOP is that there was zero mention of the Lord's Supper and its role in the testimony (evangelism) of the Christian, in the fellowship of Christians, in the worship of Christians, in the sanctification and transformation of christians. I guess we shouldn't be surprised by this omission from a Baptist. I was pleased to be a student of Bruce Parmenter in a Baptist seminary. He said to those Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian students, you make too little of the Lord's Supper in your counseling! There is no better place to confess your sins God, and to each other, and to experience His forgiveness. --Hawkeye GoldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com