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Ed Young and The Church Pirate

January 6th, 2009

I’ve been chewing on this video for a bit now, trying to decide what I think.
What do you think?

Church pirating / church planting

I think Ed Young has a valid point, there are people who get pissed about this or that and their nature rises up and they do all they can to split a church, just to do their own thing.

BUT

Can you just write off every associate pastor as “wanting to be big and bad” and do his own thing because he decides to go across town and plant a church?

In what situation would it be ok to leave and go plant a church?

I just wonder, if your the Sr. pastor who is “getting pirated” why wouldn’t you keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and let that pastor/pirate go and whatever people feel called go with him.

Obviously Ed places a large value on size, it oozes from in-between all his words. Maybe, just maybe building a big and bigger church isn’t the point anyway and if some pirate comes a long and “steels” some of your sheep (which are really God’s and not yours) maybe you just let it happen and trust God. 
(Are we all sucked into the value of big steeple ((as Rob Bell would say))

I understand it isn’t always that easy. When people you love and have invested life in up and leave, it hurts. But maybe that’s ok too. It seems like the only thing you can really control as a pastor is your heart and attitude, despite how hard that might be. Jesus might be a good example for us here, don’t ya think.

// A couple more thoughts…

One of the major points he makes is to equate the church to a business and he says, “in the corporate world, the church pirate would be put in jail.” I think that really blows his argument. The church IS NOT a business and shouldn’t function like it. (despite the fact way to many do).

A couple other things Ed says that just hit me wrong…
:: If you think that your big and bad go out and do it your self, don’t steel my sheep.
:: The lack of loyalty, the lack of commitment, the level of betrayal is mind boggling…

I am really interested in hearing what you have to say…

Peace and pirates!
Erik

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