Comments on: Guest Article: A Model for Renewing Small Congregations http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/guest-article-a-model-for-renewing-small-congregations/ Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: P Ted Sawyerhttp://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/guest-article-a-model-for-renewing-small-congregations/comment-page-1/#comment-6089 P Ted Sawyer Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:14:40 +0000 http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/12/guest-article-a-model-for-renewing-small-congregations#comment-6089 Woke up at five this morning thinking about Ron Crandall.!!! What does that say about me ? i met him only through being a student on an MA course in England about seven years ago. In a 'Church' world apparently inhabited by power hungry ghouls and malignant spectres he shone out as one heck of a real human-being and a wise teacher. His thesis of the pastors with a lifetime of experience being useful to the church is true; I believe. In my experience though, in order to arrive at the place of usefulness one has to get negotiate the the 'treasure' guard-dogs, submarine nets of patronage, and the aspiring cavaliers of 'young small church'Time for a shower I think .. Woke up at five this morning thinking about Ron Crandall.!!! What does that say about me ? i met him only through being a student on an MA course in England about seven years ago. In a ‘Church’ world apparently inhabited by power hungry ghouls and malignant spectres he shone out as one heck of a real human-being and a wise teacher. His thesis of the pastors with a lifetime of experience being useful to the church is true; I believe. In my experience though, in order to arrive at the place of usefulness one has to get negotiate the the ‘treasure’ guard-dogs, submarine nets of patronage, and the aspiring cavaliers of ‘young small church’

Time for a shower I think ..

]]> By: Anselmo Amaralhttp://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/guest-article-a-model-for-renewing-small-congregations/comment-page-1/#comment-4088 Anselmo Amaral Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:36:27 +0000 http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/12/guest-article-a-model-for-renewing-small-congregations#comment-4088 I lost my friend Ron somewhere. Can you tell me how can I find him? I lost my friend Ron somewhere. Can you tell me how can I find him?

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