Church Without Walls

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Theology of Disciple-Making
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This week has been intense as an Immerse Student. I have been greatly challenged, reminded, encouraged and inspired to continue to fulfill the Great Commission. (Matthew 28:18-20) 

On Tuesday and Wednesday, I participated in a seminar called "Theology of Disciple-Making". I will go into more details as I will be developing a philosophy of disciple-making for myself and for the church. It was intense sitting under the teaching of the staffs in the Fellowship Pacific. There were at least 10 pages of information that I had to absorb, but a BIG IDEA that I took away from the seminar was to pray and be INTENTIONAL in disciple-making. The chief end goal for disciple-making is that disciples would be conformed more and more into the image of Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:29) If we are not seeing people becoming more like Jesus, then we have failed in disciple-making. 
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IMPACT 2014
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On Thursday and Friday, I was a delegate for my church to attend the Fellowship Pacific Convention or IMPACT. The theme for this year is called "Church Without Walls". Do not take it too literally, although you can. What are some "walls" that we are creating that prevent people from meeting Jesus? Is it tradition? Is it the style of music? Is it the negative way we see the lost - such as smokers, prostitutes, drug addicts? Is it the way we dress? Who are we welcoming and not welcoming? What are those "walls" that we need to break down in order for the lost to worship and meet Jesus? As Christians who believe in the Bible and follow Jesus, Jesus had no "walls". Pharisees put up "walls". Jesus ate with sinners. Pharisees despise sinners. Jesus was a friend of sinners. I challenge every church to reflect on the theme. 
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Alan Hirsch
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It was my first time ever attending the convention. I believe one of my greatest experiences in this convention was meeting Pastors and Ministry Workers in the Fellowship Baptist Denomination. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing stories of what God is doing in this world that almost made me shed some tears. Furthermore, the speaker for the Convention was Alan Hirsch. I was greatly convicted and disturbed, in a good way, by his lessons on Missiology and the reason why churches are declining. I highly recommend him to speak at conferences. He challenged us to go back to these four things, mainly the first one: Re-Jesus, Re-Disciple, Re-Mission, and Re-Organize. 
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Conclusion
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To be honest, it felt like a retreat to me. I have a stronger focus for the work that God has given me to do.