Matt Chandler of the Village Church in Dallas spoke twice at the Catalyst Conference - once in the labs, these are breakout sessions, and once in the main session.
Matt was my favorite speaker as he addressed topics that are in line with my thinking.
Matt was an itinerant pastor before he went to the Village Church. Since he has been there the church has grown from 160 people to over 5,000 in five years. He raised the point that if his church had gone from 160 to 40 in that time period he would not have been asked to speak.
He then went on to tell the story of Jeremiah who did great things for God but was beaten many times and ended up in a ditch and Moses who was shown the Promised Land but not allowed to enter.
His point was that we all think that God wants us to be successful and give us great numbers. God calls us to be faithful to Him and someone who is leading a church of 40 or 50 and is faithful to those people and God year in and year out will be honored in heaven
We can make numbers an idol.
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