A Radical Day of Ministry

Today registers as one of my favorites in Mexico so far. I just spent 13 hours with my new prophet/pastor friend Habacuc that I wrote about earlier. This time I took the whole team along with me.

This guy gets it like few other people I know. Listen to this. He gave us a full hour to present our ministry to two different groups of churches that fall under his leadership. By the end of the day, the churches had made a commitment to adopt 10 universities and help numerous college and high school students begin groups on their campuses.

We helped people understand that they can begin a missional Christ-centered movement in their workplaces and neighborhoods. After our second presentation, Habacuc himself said he wanted to start some Life Transformation Groups with his neighbors. (And that wasn't for public display. He told us that as a side note.) He also asked people in the congregation to sign a commitment sheet if they wanted to start a movement in their areas of influence. We ended each service by standing and locking arms, strategically connecting the student leaders, our team, the pastors, and finally the church body.

Their churches are now an official part of our network, and they have a vision to expand the network throughout the city. We essentially just gained several hundred staff, and we didn't even have to create a human resources department. Yeah!

All of this happened in the context of about 7 1/2 hours of church service, several healings (broken glasses), lots of tambourine dancers and flag waving, some really good barbacoa (Mexican barbecue), and a little speaking in tongues mixed in for good measure.

Let me just say that if every pastor accepted us and understood the vision like this guy, our job would be done this year.