Lost in Faith

Recently visited Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.  There are two lighthouses on this dangerous point.  The upper one malfunctioned when fog covered it up and a ship sunk.

A new one was built lower to the water.  But lighthouses are virtually obsolete.  Every ship is now equipped with GPS navigation making lighthouses unnecessary.

Often times the geographically based church is referred to as a lighthouse proclaiming to a lost and dying world that Jesus is in fact the hope of this world and the world to come.

I am not going to take the metaphor to mean geographically based churches are obsolete but they are highly ineffective.  An enoromous amount of money is spent for very few disciples made.

Disciple making movements methodology is much like a gps device.  Simple, portble and readily accessible by the ordinary person.  Lighthouses on the other hand take a significant investment in money,training and commitment not to mention the difficulty in construction.

Given the opportunity to choose a strategy it seems reasonable that putting a GPS device in the hands of many-training to make disciple making discples-is a more reasonable strategy than expending the time an energy to build a lighthouse.

Then where lighthouses are needed those with GPS devices will gladly build them.  If you start with lighthouses you may never get GPS devices but if you start with GPS devices you will always get lighthouses where needed.

Hybrid Church

Listen to a Hybrid Church explanation at https://vimeo.com/14629623

Junge Gym at Bhukwini Junior School

This morning the finishing touches were put on a Jungle Gym built through the efforts of Shoal Creek Community Church and the Eyes On AIDS Run held every year on the first week in Oct.

Tomorrow when the cement dries the children of Bhukwini will have a safe place to play.

Thanks to all who’ve run in the race.  Your efforts to support the children of Bhukwini are tangible and real today!