Catalyst - Session 1

Session 1

Reggie McNeal
Missional Leadership

Reggie shared about several realignments that need to happen within the church today. To start with, there's an image problem. There are basically three views of the church: 1) a place where things happen, 2) a religious vendor, or 3) a group of people on a mission with God. Of course, we'd hope to be type three.

There's way too many bad opinions out there about who and what Christians are. How do we reestablish the truth of who we really are? Reggie suggests 3 shifts.

1) a shift from an internal focus to an external focus

As a culture, Americans (maybe all people) love to live in silos. It's easier when we separate aspects of our lives into domains where they live: sports, business, education, church, etc. The problem is that spirituality doesn't live in just one aspect of our lives, it spreads across all aspects of who we are.

2) a shift from service driven church to spirit driven. Or a move from program driven church to people development. We don't need to create better church, we need to have better people development.

3) a shift from church based leadership to A.D. 30 leadership. It's not about what position you hold. WE need to build on the strengths and abilities we have and not worry about positions. Job descriptions aren't always helpful, sometimes they just force us to live inside the box of the position.