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“He gave apostles, prophets, evangels, shepherds and teachers to prepare and position the holy ones to operate in serving within the systems of Christ’s body” (Ephesians 4:11-12).

More than one elder should be involved because any elder may focus more on personal restoration to the exclusion of leadership restoration. Often, one leader will assume personal restoration is all that is needed for ministry restoration. Thinking about personal restoration without even considering leadership dynamics will always lead to future or repeated disaster.

I was so appalled by a blog posted and celebrated on FB that I felt compelled to answer the horrifyingly inaccurate and inconsistent statements and conclusions it offers on spiritual fathering.

Wounded warriors afraid of further wounding cannot be allowed to participate in the battle. Deadly fear spreads and freezes them and those around them. Dangerous hesitation destroys the timing of the urgent response to the enemy.

if what we have now were functioning as Jesus designed and defined ekklesia, the present “church-anity” would be something the world has never seen before.

Here’s the problem: the church is not in the religion mountain and never has been.

Luke 4 preaching does not redeem and restore people and cultures with economic agendas. You will not redeem and restore anyone with social justice. You preach spiritual salvation to those who are currently not hearing that message. That is what the word “poor” means in the Scripture Jesus quotes. Then, He does precisely what the Scripture says He will do.

Beware the tendency to devalue God’s Word by pouring it out of your alabaster box when you have only accumulated a few drops.

Paul says, “Use all of God’s weaponry.” He then seems to assume that doing so will result in winning! “You will oppose in the evil day” – a way of describing the conflict that we face against principalities, power, and cosmic dominators.

God is faithful. He has provided us the fathering leaders we need. To be ready, we need to get the kingdom citizens back into kingdom culture, bear down hard on the rebellion, reset the entire church-growth error, embrace the Bible more than humanly-devised systems and perception, and get on with the goals of God.