Velocity 2010 Church Planters Conference
Speaker: Steven Furtick (Twitter)
“Jesus Told Me To”
“Imitate the faith of others, not their miracles”
“The most important criteria that will determine your church plants success (outside of God’s power) is your ability to sense what God wants you to do next along with the courage to do it & the leadership to get others to do it with you.”
There is no substitute for the gospel
[Jesus tells the disciples to go get the colt…if confronted, reply “Jesus told me to…”]
If Jesus didn’t tell you to plant a church…DONT!!!
Jesus May Be Telling Us To:
1. Make a Costly Personal Sacrifice as a Leader –
Velocity is not generated from the outside in, its generated from the inside out.
“Its the things you do when no one sees that produces the results (fruit) that everyone wants.” – Craig Groeschel
– – There’s a cost to your calling.
2. Painful Relational Shifts –
Some people cannot go to the places where God is calling you.
If someone can walk away from you, let them walk.
Steven Furtick – “I live by the value, leave people in better condition than you found them” [Do not use and abuse people. Love them, but don’t let them hinder you from doing what Jesus tells us to do]
3. Repent of Secret Sin –
4. To Take a CS (Crack Smoking or Christ the Savior) Step of Faith –
Its valuable to have a team that says I’ll go get the colt with you, even if we get arrested, we’ll go to jail together.
Steven Furtick had 7 “crack smoking” families help him launch elevation
[MY NOTE] New Passion – – We had 20 “crack smoking” adults plus our children help us launch New Passion. We had VERY little money (even had to borrow money), we had no guarantee of success, very little equipment (and what we have is mostly borrowed), very little skill (that’s me!). All we had was “Jesus Told Me Too…” Thank you all for Embracing a Faith Bigger than Ourselves…I can’t wait to see what God does through all of us! He’s already changing lives 🙂
Velocity Conference: Main Session 1 Highlights – – Main Session 2 Highlights – – Breakout Session 2 with Pete Wilson Highlights – – Main Session 4 Highlights – – Breakout Session 3 with Tony Morgan Highlights – – Main Session 6 Highlights