Lance's Awesome, Awesome, Awesome eNews: February 10, 2017

If you haven't read it yet, you need to find and read it.

Lance wrote it having recently returned from a trip to Asia a CGGC mission field. Lance didn't name the specific country due to the possibility that persecution may arise if he was specific enough that individuals he mentions could be identified.

Lance describes a vital, Spirit-blessed ministry through which people are being converted into disciples of Jesus and living, to use the words of Jesus, as salt and light in the world.

And, he devotes some space to describing the people who are being used by the Lord to plant the Gospel into the hearts of people who had previously not repented and believed.

He says that in our world (in the CGGC USA) we might call these people evangelists or church planters. And, you probably would.

However, as Lance describes who these people are and what they do, in terms of the language of Jesus and of New Testament disciples, these people are apostles.

I've been clear on this blog that I have a very specific understanding of my calling. Part of my calling is:

"...to uproot and tear down and to destroy and overthrow the church's pastor dominated leadership culture and to build and to plant a servant community where apostles, prophets, evangelists and shepherds and teachers are all empowered to live within their callings..."

I am thrilled that Lance is describing, in the CGGC environment today, something that actually exists that bears an almost eerie resemblance to the prophetic vision the Lord has called me to build and to plant.

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Here is my prophetic word to my friends in the CGGC USA:

YOU WILL NEVER REVERSE THE DECAY THAT DEFINES EVERYTHING YOU DO UNTIL YOU COME TO HATE PASTOR-DOMINATED LEADERSHIP, FEEL SORROW OVER IT, REPENT OF IT, END IT AND EMPOWER APOSTLES, PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS AND SHEPHERDS TO LIVE WITHIN THEIR CALLINGS.

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What follows is not a prophecy but a suggestion based on my prophetic conviction:

Perhaps CGGC USA people should bring the people Lance met in Asia to us and empower them to live, temporarily, here as apostles on a foreign field to empower the sort of Kingdom-focused ministry that they and their people take for granted.

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Back to the prophecy.

We will never reverse our decline until we repent of pastor domination and empower apostles, prophets, evangelists and shepherds and teachers to live within their callings.