orange conference session 4: Q&A w/ andy stanley

April 30, 2008 in Uncategorized with 5 Comments

Reggie Joiner interviewed Andy Stanley during the morning session today. One of the issues he discussed was the process that people went through in their relationship with Jesus. After many conversations, interviews and discussions, Stanley and his staff have come up with the following five areas that every believer experiences in their journey:

  1. Practical Teaching – someone opened the Bible to them and communicated the Scripture to them in a way they could understand
  2. Providential Relationships – each person met or developed a relationship with someone who influenced them
  3. Private Disciplines – each one learned to develop a devotional life
  4. Pivotal Circumstances – something happened that wasn’t planned and couldn’t be controlled
  5. Personal Ministry – invited to give, serve and be involved in a ministry

The assumption is that these areas are present at one point or another in every person’s life as they develop and mature in their relationship with Jesus.

If that’s true, then we ought to focus on creating rhythms in ministry so that these areas keep on showing up.

The reality is that the person who has the greatest ability to influence each of these areas is the small group leader. The person who has close relationship and has a regular and consistent voice in the life of a believer. This is often the person who has the greatest ability to be present during difficult and pivotal times in the lives of others.

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5 Responses to “orange conference session 4: Q&A w/ andy stanley”

  1. abelara April 30, 2008 at 6:27 pm #

    great insights. it would have been great to sit in on the session live.

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  2. Conner May 1, 2008 at 2:28 pm #

    This was probably the session that had the most impact for me there at Orange. I mean it’s hard to say which one had the most but this is the one I left going, we need to fix this immediately at our church!
    Great stuff! Too bad I found your blog AFTER the conference :)

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  3. Conner May 1, 2008 at 2:29 pm #

    Huh that’s weird, my comment leads you to an empty blog I don’t use anymore.
    -Conner
    http://www.worshipcity.wordpress.com is where you can see my random thoughts

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  4. Jeff Greathouse May 4, 2008 at 5:43 am #

    Glad that you had a good conference, we enjoyed the conference as well.

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  5. Conner May 4, 2008 at 7:20 am #

    I posted my thoughts on KidStuf.
    -WorshipCity

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