Unbelieveable..

Last evening I met with some of the leaders of our disciple driven Church in St. Louis metro at the Bread Company and what a great discussion it turned out to be over the book "The Shaping of Things To Come" Hirsch and Frost. These guys have it when it comes to "being" the Church instead of "doing" church.

Following that group some us went over to open mic night at Picasso's coffee shop. I think I was the oldest guy there. Pastor Terry meets with a group of college age 25 and under emerging leaders. He challenged two of the guys he been discipling (Mark and Zac) to step out and begin a disciple making movement that results in God birthed Churches. Long story short but these guys accepted the challenge and made a commitment to let God's Holy Spirit lead them in engaging a movement of disciple-making.

As I said this was open mic night so it was Zac's turn to share. Zac approached a mic with a room previously full of chatter, loud music and singing. He looked at the crowd and said, "I cannot sing or play an instrument but I can read. I want to read a chapter from the Bible found in John 12." Silence swept over the entire coffee shop, and you could hear a pin drop during the entire read. When He concluded they high fived him, applauded and yelled out encouragement. Zack does this often because God led Him to step out in boldness and almost every week on open mic night he reads another chapter bringing Him to chapter 12 last night. He is going to read the entire book of John to his peers. Zac and Mark are gaining influence as they find many who have disconnected from the church as they know it while searching/longing for God. These emerging young leaders both have a heart and a sold out commitment to make disciples who make disciples who make disciples. Isn't it wonderful to see young leaders doing exactly what Jesus tells us all to do?

Richard Greene told me one time (I agree) that He believes it will be this generation (twenty somethings) who will lead a spiritual transformation of disciples making disciples who make disciples in America.

At my age and after 23 years of senior pastor leadership I could never have dreamed that I would ever live to see and experience what God is doing in this disciple making movement.