Body Language
Body language -
Verbal communication takes into account only 7% impact to your overall communication. The rest 93% is coming from non verbal communication with 55% of body language and 38% of tonality. This is also known as 7-38-55 rule.
"One of the strongest pieces of evidence that supports this model was a study conducted by Ekman and Friesen (1971), where members of a preliterate tribe in Papua New Guinea reliably recognized the facial expressions of individuals from the United States. Culturally isolated and with no exposure to US media, there was no possibility of cross-cultural transmission to the tribesmen.[27]"
There are numerous studies that support both the Cultural Equivalence Model and the Cultural Advantage Model, but reviewing the literature indicates that there is a general consensus that 7 emotions are universally recognized, regardless of cultural background: happiness, surprise, fear, anger, contempt, disgust, and sadness.[30]
So how much more important is it for the church to understand and utilize this thought. Regardless of being a believer of not, what you're saying with your body language can be read by anyone. Not just your brothers and sisters in Christ. What a church is saying through their non-verbal communication
What are we saying?
What are we not saying ?
If you are married you learn to speak body language....officially it's not a language...but all married men know....
// Example of us //
Communication is fundamental to a successful marriage.
Communication is fundamental to any successful relationship.
Lack of Communication with our Heavenly Father is a sure sign of hypocrisy.
We must learn his voice.
There are so many voices in our lives.
How many people are trying to get us to agree?
--If we exist not as a building but as people, who make up the Body....what are we saying?
What are we not saying?
We must have a language that is synonymous with our savior.
Our body must have this message
Ephesians 4:11-16
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Ephesians 4:11-16 NKJV)
Ephesians 5:22-30
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. (Ephesians 5:22-30 NKJV)
We know what you say....but we believe what you do.
God knows my heart.
Yes he does....
Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. “ As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool.” A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary. O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. “Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the LORD, The fountain of living waters.” (Jeremiah 17:5-13 NKJV)
What is your body saying?
What is our body saying....Jesus said "I came for the sick..." Does our body , does our church reflect that?
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:21-23 NKJV)
Maybe Jesus isn't your head.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV)
Jesus is our head and has given us the specific message we are to speak ....it is our responsibility to speak it.
“Preach the Gospel always and use words if necessary.....”
That's not biblical.
How will they hear without a preacher ......
You will not speak what Jesus was saying to speak without sacrifice. If you are not sacrificing and are cruising in a casual Christianity....I question if you're a Christian at all....
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. (Romans 12:1 NKJV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son...
That is a language of sacrifice.
Work & Water pt. 4
Work & Water
Week 4 - 9/20/2020
Growth
1 Corinthians 3:1-6
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human?
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
We know we can’t cause growth, however, we can prepare for it.
Do we provide an environment for growth?
Weeds can grow anywhere, but good healthy plants need a good healthy environment.
We can provide healthy environments through Fellowship, Discipleship, Worship, Ministry /serving and evangelism.
We’ll look at these today - but please understand this is not an exhaustive list. This is not a formula for growth and there are more elements that we will not examine today.
If you need one thing to make sure you are able to foster growth in Christ - you must know Christ.
Churches grow warmer through fellowship.
A church feels like a home when people welcome each other....some times some people refer to a church as the “house of God” now first...it is metaphorical....but what should the house of God look like? more importantly what should it feel like?
John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Ever been to someone’s house and they weren’t very welcoming? what about ever been to someone’s house and they had a guest and they weren’t very nice....
or ever been to someone’s house and they had a son or daughter who was the worst child ever? Now if this is the house of God....what type of people are we in here that are filling it up?
Churches grow deeper through discipleship.
Matthew 28:16-20
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Salvation is free, ... but discipleship will cost you your life. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A church that does not have discipleship...is not really a church....it is a social club....where we can pat each other on the back and say hey we look pretty good....but in the end we fail to bring about the reality of following Jesus....and the reality of heaven and hell.
“Salvation is the introduction to Jesus....Discipleship is getting to know him”
A Church has the identifying patterns when people take on the responsibility of pointing each other to Jesus, and helping each other grow.
Churches grow stronger through worship.
Acts 2:38-47
38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
The Fellowship of the Believers
42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe[d] came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
verse 43 “fear” or “awe” - became part of who they were.
Acts 2:43 AMP
43 A sense of awe was felt by [a]everyone, and many wonders and signs (attesting miracles) were taking place through the apostles.
Worship is not only singing and lifting our hands - it’s living with a sense of “awe” of who God is.
A church becomes strong....when we recognize our Father.
Churches grow broader through ministry.
A church becomes more than a building when we see outside our walls.
Mark 16:15
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
We become more when we reach out.
“Missions exists because worship doesn’t” - John Piper
Isaiah 54:2
“Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
Fostering growth means thinking outside of where we are.
Churches grow larger through evangelism.
Evangelism is spreading the Gospel through public preaching or personal witness.
A church can reach more, when we have known Jesus....if we don’t know him....we don’t know what to say to those who ask about him. growth comes when a plant has the sun...we need the “Son” to grow.....
Evangelism is the result of knowing and knowing that it is true....
Acts 4:13-20
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. 14 But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. 15 But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another, 16 saying, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” 18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20 for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”
We need to spend more time listening to and looking for the miracles of God, and seeing the mark of Jesus...so that we may know who he is
Work & Water pt. 3
WORK & WATER
Week 3 - 9/13/2020
ETERNAL CHURCH
Building for eternity.
Our mission as the church is temporary but our result is eternal.
Now let’s go even further with that thought.
You ever seen a construction site? in downtown, in the city centers…you see buildings and you see these frame like structures that go up around it….
It’s called scaffolding.
Scaffolding
Now we may look at ourselves and our ministries and think of them as magnificent temples…
Church buildings are temporary.
Our brands and ministry followings are temporary.
There is only one goal and has always only ever been on goal.
Jesus glorified.
Our mission as the church is temporary, for an eternal benefit.
Our purpose was to help construct….to help build…to provide platforms for the Holy Spirit to stand on and repair, build, strengthen….
God uses people.
Paul was blind , and a man prayed for him and he was healed.
Why didn't God just heal him?
He spoke to him from heaven.
Acts 9:3-5
3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. 4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
9:17-19
17 So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; 19 and taking food, he was strengthened.
Scaffolding is never the main goal.
As Christians we can view what we are doing in ministry as the main thing when we forget that we are only the scaffolding. Ministry is equipment that God uses. It is not the main thing.
If we can view our ministry as the church as scaffolding we can begin to place ourselves in the right frame of mind.
The only purpose for scaffolding is to build.
If all the construction and building was done…there would be no need for it.
The church is scaffolding….
Sometimes we get confused with our roles.
Jesus leads the church, the Holy Spirit works on us, our role as the church is like scaffolding… Our role is to lift up the name of Jesus.
Our eternal function as the church is not to disciple, but to worship God
The end result of true discipleship is Worship.
Psalm 86:12
I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.
Our mission as the church is temporary but our result is eternal.
Matthew 24:45-51
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant,[c] whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants[d] and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I’m not worried about what man says, I’m worried about what the one whom I serve says.
The Mission of the Church is Discipleship.
The end product of Discipleship is Worship.
Worship is eternal.
The Mission of the Church will come to an end.
Our mission as the church is temporary but our result is eternal.
Work & Water pt.2
WORK & WATER
Week 2 - 8/30/2020
CHURCH WATER
1 Corinthians 3:8
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
What does watering look like?
Consider, there used to be only a system of wells. You would have to lower the bucket and then raise it back up to receive some water. Then pour it into whatever bucket you had. Then make the trip to water whatever plants needed it.
Now watering a plant is not a reactive action. The plant does not say thank you - the fruit, growth or direct effect of the water is not immediately recognizable.
Watering is an act that requires vision for the future and discipline for the now.
The act of watering is something that we should be familiar with in the Church. We may offer prayer - sound biblical advice, scriptural guidance and not see an effect right away. No “thank you” may be offered - it may seem to be a sense of work with no gratification.
Now This is what we know -
Ephesians 1:20-23
20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Colossians 1:17-18
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
The head of the Church is Christ - so every Pastor, Leader, Deacon, Bishop, Apostle; Christian, Believer, Worship leader, Creative director, Children’s Pastor, Cafe manager, Art Gallery Curator is under the headship and leadership of Christ. The Church is under Christ.
As Church Leaders, We are caretakers entrusted to care for what belongs to God.
As a Christian, what if God has called you to help build someone else’s life?
A parent will automatically take this question and have some understanding. A single person will have to stretch themselves a little bit. The watering that can or will happen in a healthy setting doesn’t look like a few people getting glory because everything is growing.
What if God brought you into someone’s life to help build them up?
What if your role in someone’s life was just to add some water?
To speak life and speak truth that as they move forward and grow as a Christian…you would help them stay on the straight & narrow path.
Watering is a service, a work, a ministry and it can only be done in humility;
Watering is an act that requires vision for the future and discipline for the now.
in closing, a final question;
How do I get back to a place of humility?
Jesus said ;
Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore[c] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.[d]
There is Our mission, Discipleship.
Discipleship includes a very personal element. You see the writer James spoke of feeding the hungry, and of giving his jacket to the cold…
True giving can only be done out of the spirit of humility.
Give, not just money.
Give something out of your life, that you would never normally do. What drives us to give to a need? emotion?
What if the Holy Spirit was leading you?
One of the most memorable moments for me was when a pastor who has a church of about 700 people and who’s ministry reaches about 2,000 weekly. He owns properties and is a good businessman and pastor, has a good testimony with everyone that knows him.
He shared with me a personal testimony. He shared how his marriage was hurting, they weren’t in sin…but he went to his church leadership and said I need to hand over the church because our marriage is hurting…i’m giving too much attention everywhere else.
His leadership in response said how do we help?
He shared with me a moment that not many know about. He gave me information, not knowing wether i would think less or greater of him. He didn’t care about my opinions of him, what he cared about was sharing with me how to make it. How to be built better for long term ministry.
He was giving me something, that was priceless, his experience allowed me to be built. At that moment I could feel the Holy Spirit instilling in me the importance of my marriage. He was at work in my heart, while this man was giving me his story.
This work, is personal. It requires of us…to give. It doesn’t matter who gives more.
When we think of suicide.
When we think of divorce.
When we think of hatred.
When we think of bitterness.
Think of how we can help build that person.
Think of the scaffolding needed around them to allow the Holy Spirit to work.
There is no spirit of competition when the Holy Spirit is at work.
There is no strife, no jealousies…no corruption when the Holy Spirit is at work.
When Jesus died for us and shed His blood, He gave us opportunity to be worked on. Our sin by default was cause for condemnation. We were condemned….we were not worthy of being worked on…
But the blood of Jesus brought us new life.
Watering is an act that requires vision for the future and discipline for the now.
Thank God, that someone saw the Holy Spirit working on you and said I’m going to help. I don’t care if this person gives me glory.
Work & Water
WORK & WATER
Week 1 - 8/23/2020
Phygital Churchplant, Los Angeles, New Wave, Online Church, Digital Discipleship
CHURCH WORK
1 Corinthians 3:8
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
We must be careful to not be corrupted with carnality - our role is to work and water - our mission is to disciple.
1. The Church can be corrupted with carnality.
I want us to read a bit more for context ;
3:1-7
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
The Historical context or setting for this passage was there was an inner battle occurring in the church.
It’s called “Sectarianism.”
Sectarianism is ; excessive attachment to a particular sect or party, especially in religion: religious sectarianism |
Men were making issue of which minister was a better minister. Picking and choosing sides became detrimental to relationships within the Church.
They even compared some of these men to Jesus!
Paul had previously wrote, correcting the church at Corinth in an earlier chapter;
1 Corinthians 1:10-13
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
Paul called these contentions and divisiveness out ; and the root was carnality.
He ended his address of their contentions with a question; “Are you not carnal?”
1 Corinthians 3:4
NLT says;
4 When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?
MGS says;
When one of you says, “I’m on Paul’s side,” and another says, “I’m for Apollos,” aren’t you being totally infantile?
ESV
4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
Paul’s goal in addressing their carnality was not to condemn, but to bring them back to a place of seeing what was really important.
Carnality was the issue at hand.
When it comes to the purpose of the church, carnality has the potential to corrupt.
Corruption means decay.
Corruption is a process.
That’s why Paul was addressing an issue that only “believers” or “followers of the way” would find important enough to argue about.
He was talking to those who had faith…the people in the world didn’t care who was a better teacher.
When we are carnal, the wrong issues become the “big” issues.
When the wrong thing becomes the most important, we can lose focus and begin working on everything else but what’s important.
Carnality causes condemnation, because of the lack of care, but the blood of Jesus brings us new life because of the attention to the necessity of keeping Christ at the Center.
2. The Church’s role is to work and water.
We are not owners.
Carnality can force us to forget that.
We must be careful to not be corrupted with carnality - our role is to work and water - our mission is to disciple.
Whatever you make a big deal about , states the place of your heart.
If you were offended by a Pastor you make it a point to bring Pastors to a low place.
If you were hurt by your friend, you make it a point to point out there flaws.
“they’re a good person, but a horrible friend”
“they are not so bad, if you like evil people”
The things you take personally are brought to the top wether we like it or not.
Paul was saying you guys have gone off the path. You need to correct your direction. You need to re-focus. Your carnality has gotten the best of you.
How do you keep your carnality in check?
examine your words; before you make that post, or before you respond so quickly in that conversation -
Luke 6:45
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart[a] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
examine your actions; would someone who was following you see that you are a Christian?
James 2:14-24
14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your[d] works, and I will show you my faith by my[e] works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[f] 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[g] And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
3. The Church’s mission is to Disciple.
The church’s mission can be lost in your mission to convince someone that you are right.
The mission of the church is to disciple.
How can you disciple correctly with a corrupt heart?
How can you clothe the naked, or feed the hungry ?
James said just cause you believe in God, doesn’t make you a Christian…even the demons believe!
“Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you are saying.”
Jesus said ;
Matthew 23:15
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Don’t disciple people into the wrong things.
We must be careful to not be corrupted with carnality - our role is to work and water - our mission is to disciple.
Online Church?
Understanding the context of "online Church" is important. What defines #Church? what defines #OnlineChurch? are they the same? The article below defines both - long read; but worth it. For those looking to establish a different approach to #ChurchPlanting - There are a lot of things we can do online (and should) - however, in our freedom to worship we must opt to utilize the ability to gather in person wherever and whenever possible.
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This is not to call those that can only meet online inferior. As a matter of fact we hold an obligation to better their experience. The #Gospel as a message exists in both the online and offline place. It is a message we hold an obligation to share as followers of Jesus. For those that are not able to meet in person because external circumstances know that there are those working to help you, equip you and establish online resources to benefit all those you reach.
My position for those holding a large online presence is that they take on the role of the evangelist. The evangelist does not hold the responsibility of the Pastor. The Evangelist shares the message but the Pastor walks with and shares Biblical truths to help establish Scriptural clarity for those on their spiritual journey to have relationship with Jesus.
