Lessons from Fellowship Church – Part 2
By Stovall Weems
I gleaned a whole lot from Fellowship Church when I spoke there a couple of weekends ago. I have tried to narrow it down to what I believe would be the three most important takeaways for pastors and church leaders. In last week’s post (pt 1) I talked about the great atmosphere Fellowship Church creates in their weekend services. So here are the other two:
Great team spirit among the staff.
Fellowship has a great team. We really enjoyed hanging out with their staff. And therein lies the keyword enjoy. That’s the key for me- do you enjoy hanging out with this group of people? They were full of life, very real, relational and energetic. You can tell they are having fun, like being together, and know they are part of something special.
Reaching the right people.
What a great church to invite your unsaved friends to. There were several decisions for Christ at the end of every service. I could see from the response to the message and the vibe of the service that Fellowship was reaching the lost. Their environment was attractive and accepting of the unchurched and those far from God. It is so awesome to see churches that are reaching the right people!
My prayer is that all churches and leaders would understand how crucial it is to have the right people on the bus when it comes to staff, that we would value atmosphere and creativity in our worship services, and that we would stay committed to reaching the lost at our weekend services.
Thank you Ed and Lisa Young for all you do for the body of Christ!
Stovall
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Wow! Having seen Church/Ministry with energy, excitement & enthusiasm, and Church/Ministry without, I think Pastoral/Leadership team gifted in “Leadership” is the answer. It’s important a team has gifting in all areas. First and foremost in my opinion, a great leadership team having the ‘gift of leadership’ makes it easy for believers and non-believers alike to fall in behind such stellar leading & facilitating, creating an environment with direction, people are excited to ’sign up for’. There’s an enormous need for healthy Christian community & fellowship as an alternative to the secular scene. If those with the ‘proper gifting’ come together to lead as much, I’m pretty sure God will bless it in a big way, and He’ll send people to make for a dynamic fit.
What an amazing message this weekend! I brought a friend to church who I have known since I was 7. I have been attempting to witness to him for a couple of years now. His wife of 4 years up and left him about 8 weeks ago and said she did not love him anymore. He has been very depressed as a result of this incident and has been attempting to satisfy his situation with things other than turning to God. He gave his life to Christ this weekend at Celebration and he had tears rolling down his face. He is ready to break through that “limit” and place his faith in the almighty God. Your inspiring message that God placed on your heart could not have been at a better time. He advised me he will continue to attend Celebration and is fired up about what God has in store for his future. Your messages are amazing and you have a true gift of reaching people! Miss and love you buddy!