We started the pastor conferences today. I forgot about how it changes things when speaking to a translator. It took a little while to get used to it again. Still, it was a great first day.
The focus of the conference was discipleship. As wee taught, we were able to begin breaking some walls down. The biggest step was getting pastors to actually discuss with each other the material from each section. Normally, conferences are not ran like that. It was neat to see pastors sharing their thoughts on what discipleship meant, how do you define "gospel" and seeing the truths of our views of church.
Part of the time of lunch was spent sharing testimonies of our coming to know Jesus. It is amazing that God is so big and touches each of us. Pursuing constantly and not giving up. And when we finally submit, oh the beauty!
We closed with the parable of the sower as an illustration of discipleship. It is found in Matthew 13:1-23. I led them through thinking about 2 questions:
1) Who is the sower in the parable?
2) Where does the seed come from?
Think about it. Later on I'll post up what I taught.
The focus of the conference was discipleship. As wee taught, we were able to begin breaking some walls down. The biggest step was getting pastors to actually discuss with each other the material from each section. Normally, conferences are not ran like that. It was neat to see pastors sharing their thoughts on what discipleship meant, how do you define "gospel" and seeing the truths of our views of church.
Part of the time of lunch was spent sharing testimonies of our coming to know Jesus. It is amazing that God is so big and touches each of us. Pursuing constantly and not giving up. And when we finally submit, oh the beauty!
We closed with the parable of the sower as an illustration of discipleship. It is found in Matthew 13:1-23. I led them through thinking about 2 questions:
1) Who is the sower in the parable?
2) Where does the seed come from?
Think about it. Later on I'll post up what I taught.
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