It was a privilege to be sitting in and listening to all the equipping sessions and reports from the different nations in Asia during our Asian Pastors Equipping Conference (APEC).
Here are a few things I got from it:
The most dangerous threat to to a strong successful fruitful mature ministry is pride in our own heart, not division, opposition and attack. (Steve Murrell)
The goal is that ministry should be taken out of the hands of the ‘experts’ and ‘pros’ and onto the hands of amateurs and volunteers. (Steve Murrell on Empowering Leadership)
Do you spend more time ministering to people or preparing people to minister? (Steve Murrell)
If you want to empower people to do ministry, mistakes are not optional. They are required! (Steve Murrell)
Who you are when you gather is who you are when you scatter. (Kevin York on the Church)
The goal in preaching is feed the sheep (John 21) and not give goat food but preach the Word that it makes sense to the unchurched. (Steve Murrell)
Biggest competitor of Lordship over us is finance, not even Satan. (Timothy Loh)
Without it, we will still go to heaven. But we might get there earlier than planned. (Rachel Ong teaching on the topic of having structures in an organization)
Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future. (Scott Douma)
“I want those who know me the most to repeat me the best.” – Rick Warren via Scott Douma
Success without relationships is miserable. (Steve Murrell on Absalom who built a monument to himself because he wasn’t able to build ‘sons’ and the next generation)
Campus ministry is not a department. It is a long-term investment. (Joseph Bonifacio)
(Find audio podcasts of the sessions here – http://apec2012.ph/messages/)
APEC 2012 Recap Video from APEC on Vimeo.