Could a Jubilee Year Be Right For Your Church?
A Column in the Baptist Associations Series with Applications for all Local Denominational Organizations
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Could a Jubilee Year Be Right For Your Church?
By George Bullard
An associational missions strategist is having lunch with one of his most faithful pastors and closest friends in ministry. During their meal the strategist says, “Next year is the year your church needs to die.”
The pastor has just taken a bite of a spicy enchilada and now appears to choke on it. After coughing several times — but without the need of a Heimlich maneuver — he looks at his friend and says, “What? Die? I have 10 more years until retirement. My church is in good shape. It does not need to die. What are you talking about?”
The AMS just smiles. He knows he has the pastor’s attention now.
There is no more sports talk, preacher stories or denominational gossip for the rest of lunch. The pastor wants to know what he means.
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