- The Person of Peace: (from the article on reproductive church planting)
- They are receptive. Not every receptive person is a person of peace. There will be many people along the way who receive Christ before you have found this person. But every person of peace is receptive.
- They are a person of reputation. They are known. They may have a good or a bad reputation. But they are known. The woman at the well had a bad reputation. Cornelius' reputation was good.
- They have influence. They are a person who, when they respond to Christ, will bring many others along with them.
The person of peace is someone that God leads you to that may or may not yet be a committed follower and believer in Christ, but one who is open and receptive to Christ and who has the qualities listed above...obviously this isnt a hard and fast rule....but a guidline of keeping your eyes open to who God might be working in and through to reach a community.
3 Comments:
Good point. really good point. I dont like the idea of the end being to use people in some way. I will have to think about that. Jesus did just call up the disiples and say follow me...come be learners. Maybe you just ask a lot of people to come follow Jesus. You love them...and it happens....I will think on it.
Bryson is a perceptive man.
POP - not to be confused with "influencers" and how we've treated them in the past.
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