Catalyst – Rick McKinley and Donald Miller – Engaging our Culture

 I heard this message last year at Catalyst, and it is still stirring in me today.  It is a great Missional message.  This is an interview with Rick Mckinley by Donald Miller at Catalyst 2006.  Check out the line-up for this years Catalyst at: www.catalystconference.com 

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With all our church programs and ways to build a Church, I like the way that Rick and his congregation went about it.  They actually took time to examine their hearts WHY and HOW to affect their community in Portland, OR.  A few things I grabbed from the message I liked:

• We say we want to touch people in our community, but often times the truth is we don’t like to hang around people that are not like us
• They gathered for a time and repentance – not about what they were doing, but about what they were not doing – Author note - how often do we repent for what we don’t do?
• Making Relationships without an agenda
• Once they left the doors of the Church, they realized that God was in the streets.  Believers hearts were being transformed because they were engaging God; they were being transformed because they were doing what is closest to the heart of God.
• Faith shows up in Risks! – Author note – Be Lion Chaser!
• Give your people permission to do what God is stirring in them and to be Missional
• Philosphy : The identity is that we are a sent people of God and the Church exists for the world and not ourselves.
• Create a culture that does….
• We strengthen the things we like through programs,  and ignore and let die what we don’t like. It’s a Darwinist view.  We need to be looking at helping the broken….
• We’ve protected the Gospel instead of proclaiming it
• When you protect yourself from the culture you lose your voice…
• when engaging your City/community we need to care about what they care about…
•  The reality the Church is the hope for the world, and when the church is on MISSION there is nothing more transformational for the world…..

Don’t forget to register for Catalyst 2007 – Oct. 3-5/Atlanta www.catalystconference.com