Churchplanters.com Velocity 2010 Recap: Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson is the lead pastor at Crosspoint in Nashville TN.  He’s a local boy, so I dig that…well minus the whole Kentucky thing, but we can overlook that.  Pete did a breakout called Nobody’s Perfect Everyone’s Welcome and Anything’s Possible.  It’s a mantra they have a Crosspoint and I dig it.  So much so I’m almost jealous that I didn’t come up with it.  Pete had some great insight and awesome stories in his breakout.  I really enjoyed it.  Here’s the highlights….

• Quality community separates happy people from not so happy people
• We are created for deep connection
• We must understand the philosophy of community before the strategy
• The church must understand that EVERYONE should be welcome
• Luke 15:2  Romans 13:8
• Do we have environments where people can belong before they believe?
• People followed Jesus BEFORE they believed (they were thinking he was starting a revolution)
• We must accept that people are NOT perfect
• Pastors are notorious for confessing the “safe” sins- The ones that actually make us look more spiritual
• Luke 18: 10-14
• Comparing is a really nice way of judging
• Everyone is welcome because no one is perfect
• We must believe that anything is possible because God can change any circumstance
• Help people discover their new name ( Saul= Paul….Simon=Peter….Abram=Abraham) When God changed someone’s life, He sometimes changed their names
• Jesus came for the sick…not the healthy