January 28, 2009 in
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- 11:44 AM tony morgan - People are filtering in late today because of the ice storm. Session will begin soon.
- 11:53 AM tony morgan - robbie seay is leading worship this morning. sounds great.
- 12:04 PM tony morgan - ed stetzer just took the platform. he’s using powerpoint. going retro.
- 12:05 PM tony morgan - “don’t believe the hype.”
- 12:05 PM tony morgan - “many who promote bad news have a program to fix it.”
- 12:07 PM tony morgan - “we tend to be ready to believe things too soon.”
- 12:08 PM tony morgan - (i wish i had a snuggie. it’s cold in here.)
- 12:08 PM tony morgan - “the dangerous church will seize economic opportunity.”
- 12:09 PM tony morgan - “the church will have less money in the coming years, but more people attending our churchces.”
- 12:09 PM tony morgan - “are you going to pray for economic recovery or spiritual awakening?”
- 12:10 PM tony morgan - “sexual confusion will not go away.”
- 12:12 PM tony morgan - 83% of always-unchurched said lack of openness to homosexuals would negatively impact their view of the church.
- 12:12 PM tony morgan - “gender inclusion is an issue that churches will have to wrestle with.”
- 12:13 PM tony morgan - “you need to have an answer on this issue.”
- 12:14 PM tony morgan - “we’ll face increasing intolerance in the name of tolerance.”
- 12:15 PM tony morgan - “the fact that your local store is unwilling to say ‘merry christmas’ is not religious persecution.”
- 12:15 PM tony morgan - “there are less seekers, at least the way we defined them in the past.”
- 12:15 PM tony morgan - “today we live in a post-seeker context.”
- 12:16 PM tony morgan - “the church will regain confidence in the Gospel.”
- 12:18 PM tony morgan - “evangelicalism is confused right now.”
- 12:19 PM tony morgan - “the dangerous church will have rethought discipleship.”
- 12:20 PM tony morgan - “the dangerous church will have worked through denomination catharsis.”
- 12:21 PM tony morgan - “church are learning to network together.”
- 12:22 PM tony morgan - “we end up looking like each other.”
- 12:24 PM tony morgan - ed is introducing the next speakers. nancy ortberg will be next.
- 12:25 PM tony morgan - nancy just took the stage.
- 12:25 PM tony morgan - “innovation is not a sound-bite.”
- 12:26 PM tony morgan - “we innovate because the Gospel of Christ transforms people.”
- 12:26 PM tony morgan - “the Gospel is always provocative.”
- 12:27 PM tony morgan - “leaders need to realize leadership is more about managing tensions than solving problems.”
- 12:27 PM tony morgan - “you can’t have innovation without infrastructure.”
- 12:28 PM tony morgan - “change is both incremental and exponential.”
- 12:29 PM tony morgan - “pastors need to struggle with the tension between passion and humility.”
- 12:30 PM tony morgan - “innovation happens best in teams.”
- 12:32 PM tony morgan - “you need to have spiritual gift radar.”
- 12:32 PM tony morgan - “an ego and check says ‘i will put people on the team that are better than me.’”
- 12:33 PM tony morgan - (i’ve made my living on that principle.)
- 12:33 PM tony morgan - “we have to get better and better about inviting the next generation on our teams.”
- 12:34 PM tony morgan - (wouldn’t you like to hear what conversations in the ortberg household are like?)
- 12:36 PM tony morgan - “learn to be a great question asker.”
- 12:36 PM tony morgan - “one of my favorite questions is ‘i don’t know. what do you think?’”
- 12:38 PM tony morgan - “risk comes with failure. they are kissing cousins.”
- 12:39 PM tony morgan - “you should have as many stories about your failures as you have for successes.”
- 12:39 PM tony morgan - “we criticize ideas too soon.”
- 12:39 PM tony morgan - “the biggest thing that stands in the way of risk is fear.”
- 12:40 PM tony morgan - “do not be afraid.”
- 12:43 PM tony morgan - “where i live, church attendance is only 4 to 6%.”
- 12:43 PM tony morgan - “innovation comes from hope. and hope is where leaders live.”
- 12:44 PM tony morgan - nancy finished. bob roberts just took the platform.
- 12:45 PM tony morgan - “the global church is exploding.”
- 12:45 PM tony morgan - bob is a local guy. here’s the link to his church:
- 12:48 PM tony morgan - (bob seems a little angry. guess he’s just passionate about this topic.)
- 12:48 PM tony morgan - “it’s really not about missions. it’s about the kingdom of God.”
- 12:52 PM tony morgan - “if we follow the great commission, we’d see the world turned upside down.”
- 12:52 PM tony morgan - “the great commission says, ‘make disciples.’” it doesn’t say plant churches.
- 12:53 PM tony morgan - “why are we not in danger?”
- 12:54 PM tony morgan - “when CNN starts talking about all the bad stuff going on, that’s God saying ‘Over here.’”
- 12:58 PM tony morgan - “salvation is the beginning point, not the end game.”
- 12:59 PM tony morgan - “first and foremost the Bible is a living book.”
- 1:02 PM tony morgan - “we take disciples and make them religious and pull them further and further away from society.”
- 1:04 PM tony morgan - i’m sorry i’m going to miss john bishop. he has a great story. but i need to go prepare for my breakout session.
What did Stetzer mean “many who promote bad news have a program to fix it”? Sorry, I know that’s a ? not a comment.
i am not kidding when i tell you that derek and i talked about 80% of this stuff today in an impromptu think tank.
we had our own innovate in the conference room.
look for “think tank” in 2010…we’re making our own conference. you can come if you want to. it’s free.