News from the Summit
Friday, May 2, 2003
With attendance over 850, day 2 of the 2003 Summit began as participants were
pleasantly surprised to be welcomed into the church with coffee and pastries
served by our volunteers. The morning devotional, with a message by Richard
Coleman, started at 9:00 a.m.; the day would go strong for the next 12 hours.
One participant, coming from a church that had no ethnic outreach ministry, said, "Now I know what I am supposed to." Many of us are going back to our home churches and ministries with that same conviction, a renewal of our sense of purpose.
Highlights:
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--The evening service began with 25 minutes of enthusiastic worship. --Rev. Harrison Williams, pastor of Bethel Christian Fellowship in St. Paul, led in prayer. --Rev. Rodney Spidahl (co-chair of the Summit) presented announcements, then he and Rev. John Mayer (co-chair of the Summit) gave recognition to the members of the local committee. --Pastor Chuck Fenrick presented the Twin Cities Ethnic Partnership. --Moses Neuman received the offering, devoted this night to the Twin Cities Ethnic Partnership (a coalition formed for Summit follow up). --Dr. Nick Venditti interviewed Mike and Dora Rasavahn then introduced Rev. Erwin McManus, pastor of Mosaic in Los Angeles. He spoke with humor, passion, and excitement--and received a standing ovation at the end of his message. --Pastor Yaqub Mohamed, United Somali Fellowship & Somserve, Minneapolis, closed the meeting with prayer. --Rev. Erwin Raphael McManus, pastor of Mosaic in Los Angeles, brought us lots of laughter and lots of depth of thought on his topic, CREATING A GLOBAL MOSAIC In Acts 6 he noted key words: 1. Mission. To become diverse you have to embrace the mission of Christ. The non-evangelistic church is destined to remain homogenous. 2. Need. They diversified because there was a need that couldn't be met unless they diversified. 3. Leadership. They gave a genuine leadership role to others. To be diversified you need to recognize other leadership gifts. 4. Edge, risk, pioneer. Liberate people. Don't create clones.
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