still BUZZED from the Buzz Conference

I am still on a high from the awesome experience and learning at the Buzz Conference ’06 in Washington, DC. What was Buzz about? Thanks for asking. This was a group of young church leaders and church planters from across the US and as far away as Australia led by Mark Batterson, lead Pastor of National Community Church (NCC) in DC. 300 plus people all with a heart to do Kingdom work for Jesus. The theme was “compel them to come in” as commissioned by Jesus.

Please know that I was blown away but the people I met and the stuff I learned. So what I am going to do in the coming lines is give you some bits of buzz, stuff I learned from the conference. Yet I have to first say THANK YOU and GREAT JOB to all the staff at NCC who did an incredible job…

>>>Worst fate is to be ignored. We are called to be unignorable.

>>>Faithfulness is not maintaining the status quo … it is competing for the kingdom. God is going to use someone who doesn’t want to loose.

>>> Excellence honors God … we cannot do things half way. It hurts more than it helps.

>>>“If you give God the right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you.” --- Oswald Chambers

>>>People who find something wrong with something that is right…that is a Pharisee.

>>>LEAVE A MARK ON PEOPLE (ie. Jesus did by preaching on a boat, walking on water, running people out of the temple and more.)

>>>Christ followers ought to be the most passionate people on the planet. Get excited and follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit.

>>>Don’t chase those who leave. Swim with the swimmers and leave the bottom feeders alone. Take the higher ground.

>>> Right brain is where the future of leadership is at. Understanding function of the brain (left is logical and right is creative).

>>> Church is a tag team stop. When people come to church they tag us. When they leave we tag them. Give them the tools to reach out to people, to invite them to come. Word of mouth and word of mouse are important.

>>> The audience is always right. If they don’t get the point, it is our fault for not communicating.

>>> God is in the details. Record them and reward for the details. Get a new perspective. Get out of your ordinary. Look at it differently.

>>> The biggest mistake in ministry is meeting expectations. You have got to exceed expectations. Meeting expectations is quenching thirst while exceeding expectation is adding taste, to appeal to taste.

>>>Enjoying the people you are working with makes ministry that much more enjoyable.

Well, that was just a little insight in my notes from the conference. Hope it created some extra stuff in your mind. Be blessed!

Michael (James 1:5)