tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65936992853402521742009-12-08T17:05:34.264-05:00LYNTYSTroy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.netBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-57768447239425743172009-12-08T16:43:00.003-05:002009-12-08T16:48:24.590-05:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Disciples need complex relationships.Urbanites relate to people differently than people who live in small towns or rural communities.
Relationships among people living in small towns are complex. We might be tempted to think relationships of urbanites would be more complex, but in reality small town relationships are substantially more complicated. Your barber is also your son’s little league coach. You both serve on the volunteer Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-36603777609038686862009-12-01T10:32:00.001-05:002009-12-01T10:33:23.476-05:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Simple as 1, 2, 3.Recently, I received some information from a friend engaging a city with the Gospel. He is seeing a significant advance with many non-Christians repenting and becoming disciples of Jesus Christ. Out of these efforts he has seen more than 100 new churches started.
He shared with me 8 core principles that shape his efforts, and he would be quick to say these are not a method. Here are the eight Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-66363579716224999832009-11-17T23:55:00.000-05:002009-11-17T23:55:16.598-05:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Start fewer churches.
You leave your house at 4am for the marina. By 6:30 you motor up to the location marked on your GPS. Your fish finder indicates fish all over the structure 120 feet below you. You fish this spot a couple of times each year, and it always holds fish, big fish. You tell everyone onboard to drop their lines; they have already put bait on their hooks. Thirty seconds later, several onboard are Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-12285911218201727982009-11-09T23:07:00.003-05:002009-11-09T23:12:53.561-05:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: GPS for small group leaders.
Recently, some friends were discussing how fun it would be if they could change the messages on their GPS units. Here are a few suggestions that might invigorate your next trip:
“What is your problem? I told you three times to make a U-turn as soon as possible.”
“I’m sorry. It seems you have been busy and have not had time to download the map updates. This road has been closed for 6 months due Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-4757640734695642092009-11-02T20:37:00.003-05:002009-11-02T20:39:37.664-05:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Making disciples of homeless people.
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You must listen to disciples if you are to do more than make church members who sit in your seats or serve in your community and continue living like the world.
Urban environments bombard us with an endless stream of sounds, music, information, messages, and images. Our disciple making efforts are little different. We direct messages, teachings, lessons, books, studies, music, prayers, and Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-78699643932345216602009-10-12T07:00:00.022-04:002009-10-13T10:09:48.680-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Prayer of an urban missionary.Urban missionaries and church starters are doers. Action and execution mark their lives. Our systems and culture of missions reinforce this character. They cannot rest on the labor of others because they are starters, launching new churches and making new disciples.
Yet, they must be people of prayer. We hear admonitions for enlisting prayer partners, developing prayer strategies, a term I Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-36676870192620694982009-10-05T07:00:00.005-04:002009-10-06T10:38:49.989-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Prayers of an urban pastor.Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s preaching is legendary. Most people, however, know little about his ministry of prayer. His prayers reveal his theology, pastoral spirit, evangelistic zeal, missional vision, and his passion for reaching London. It has been said by those who heard him preach and pray that his prayers were more profound than his sermons. When his church built the Metropolitan Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-57791903997488891812009-09-28T21:55:00.008-04:002009-09-28T22:09:47.838-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: It is never too late.After a military career, employment with a state government, and a divorce, he moved to Alaska. He wanted to get away, even start over. Well, she lived in Alaska, though he said his moving there was more about convenience than love.
I was at one of my favorite spots in an airport I pass through frequently. The restaurant was full, and this fellow traveler was looking for a place to enjoy his Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-62291604438489485742009-09-08T12:06:00.005-04:002009-09-28T22:05:35.376-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: New disciples making disciples.<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-24898898815283109432009-09-21T07:00:00.001-04:002009-09-28T21:48:19.100-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: It’s about the gifts, not the gift.Search Google for evangelism, and you get 5.1 million hits! Search Amazon for evangelism, and you will find 36,117 books. Search Google for the gift of evangelism, and you will get 400,000 hits. Search Amazon for the gift of evangelism, and you will find 532 books.
Search the more popular English translations of the Bible for evangelism or the gift of evangelism, and you may be surprised by Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-26862206577942959692009-09-14T07:00:00.001-04:002009-09-28T21:15:51.128-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Some have less time.In Baltimore our oldest church starter is 73. He is an accountant. Many people might say a man of this age who is trained to be methodical and cautious will not lead the way in church starting. But this church starter refuses to be bound by such a limited perception.
He works as hard as any 20-year-old church starter, though he might take a few more breaks. He has started two churches in Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-25389315099068455872009-08-31T18:27:00.009-04:002009-08-31T19:06:11.553-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: An example for life.Last week my oldest son began his senior year of high school. My other son began his junior year. My daughter began her freshmen year. My boys attend Pace High School, and my daughter participates in virtual school at home, which is a very real education!
I count it a privilege to say Frank Lay, the principle of Pace High School, is a personal friend. He is an outstanding educator and community Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-62912990703050684602009-08-17T11:42:00.005-04:002009-08-17T12:47:06.916-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: An exclusive Lord’s Supper.The epicenter of missions, namely the Great Commission, is Christ. Yes, I know I am about to lose your attention because you already believe this truth. Hang on just a little longer. This precious truth is under assault via the Lord’s Supper.
One of the Adversary’s greatest schemes to hinder the kingdom of God is to shift our efforts slightly off course. All he really needs to do is to Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-69308090862532331772009-08-03T02:39:00.004-04:002009-08-03T02:49:59.667-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Baptize new disciples.<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-18512724801023760822009-07-27T14:29:00.007-04:002009-07-27T14:51:46.399-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: Diligence is necessary.Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV)
This passage is one of my favorite missions, ministry, and disciple-making passages. Taken out of context it could be understood to encourage more ministry that extends to the edge of the church, but not much further. Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-57942851924417703832009-07-20T13:15:00.004-04:002009-07-20T13:47:16.865-04:00Mondays Are for Making Disciples: A little test<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-38247181693250977472009-06-20T22:00:00.007-04:002009-07-14T21:18:06.245-04:00Focusing the Great Commission ResurgenceTomorrow, I depart for the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, KY. I lived in Louisville for four years in the late ‘90s. Those were great days in a great city. I remember walking on the campus of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for the first time. I fully understood that men and women of faith and courage had begun a work more than a century before that allowed me to stand thereTroy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-79417540453296069302009-07-06T12:45:00.023-04:002009-07-06T15:28:25.507-04:00Dancing with Missions Teams<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-15933138468804129422008-11-13T01:00:00.000-05:002008-11-13T01:31:15.036-05:00The Holiday Season<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-22450381628966827882008-09-25T22:19:00.000-04:002008-09-26T13:52:13.191-04:00Thanking Our Veteran LeadersOn May 7, 1945, German forces surrendered to mark the end of the European Theater in WWII. On September 2, 1945, Japanese forces surrendered to end the Pacific Theater in WWII.
In May 2004 our nation finally reversed decades of neglect and opened the National WWII Memorial. It is a beautiful tribute to the more than 16 million men and women that served our country in this war.
I visited the Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-87231299704690134872008-09-20T20:00:00.000-04:002008-09-21T17:33:54.892-04:00Missional. . .Smissional (Part 1)I remember when distinctions were debated between mission and missions.
The discussions are now about being missional. The problem is all of these words and a few others like missionary are used so diversely they are practically useless. Doubt me? Ed Stetzer has written a 5-part series just to define what it means to be missional. See his well written and helpful commentary HERE. Rick Meigs, Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-48830154840244339072008-09-13T01:07:00.000-04:002008-09-13T09:56:43.315-04:00Hurricanes, Gas Prices, Mega Churches, and ElectionsI do not like hurricanes! I was born in Pensacola, FL, and lived there until leaving to attend seminary. I returned to the Pensacola area a few years ago and now live in Pace, FL, a small community just outside of Pensacola. I remember many names like Camille, Andrew, Frederick, Opel, Ivan, Dennis, Katrina, and now Ike.
Though Ike is hundreds of miles away, the waves at Pensacola Beach are 15Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-80575772715421064292008-06-24T00:18:00.000-04:002008-06-24T02:53:16.861-04:00Summer ThoughtsA few of you have noticed that I have not written in a couple of weeks. Actually, I have written but chose not to upload for one reason or another. Let me tell you a little about what has been occurring.Recently, my middle child,Caleb, caught this 49" King Mackerel. You should have been there!A number of new opportunities have arisen for LYNTYS to expand. I am excited about days ahead and theTroy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593699285340252174.post-9060034006134498872008-05-03T16:22:00.000-04:002008-05-04T23:08:35.631-04:00Have a LYNTYS WeekTodd Robertson, Associate Pastor, Missions, at Walnut Street Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, provided the following post. Todd is a dear friend, and he his wife Kim, along with their three sons, live LYNTYS. You can email Todd at trobertson@walnutstreet.org.His post will also appear in his church's monthly publication. You'll benefit from his practical tips below.I would like to offer you Troy Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701059193287367340tbush@lyntys.net0