Movement Basics
Monday, August 11th, 2008I first wrote about movements in my book Unfreezing Moves: Following Jesus into the Mission Field. I described Christianity as an organic movement and compared it to modern day religion. God intended for Christianity to be a movement not a religion. The problem is Christianity has been highjacked by our passion for democracy.
Movements only happen when an individual is free enough to take on the mantel of an apostle. Democracy hates an apostle with a passion- thus we have been free from movements in the U.S. for some time now.
However, over the past few years I’ve watched the emergence of a number of apostolic leaders who are changing the face of Christianity in the U.S. In an article titled “The Apostolic Movement of our Time, I wrote the following about this new movement
- One quality stands out above all the rest in every one of these pastors – they pastor as spiritual leaders who listen to God rather than corporate leaders who lead based on democratic rule.
- The rule of thumb of this new movement – the less democracy in the church the more authentic and effective the church is in advancing the Kingdom of God!
You can read the full article here.
Bill Easum
www.easumbandy.com
