[SynchroBlog] Fwd: The story...

Tue Mar 20 21:27:46 GMT 2007

Hey Mike,
What's your blog address again?

Our AWARD winning HANDS ON BIBLE here:
<http://www.group.com/handsonbible>

"The way out is to be led by way out people." Mike Frost

David Fisher
Resource Consultant
1-800-526-0404 ext 4337
Psalm 27:4

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[mailto:synchroblog-bounces at p2ptrust.org]On Behalf Of Mike Bursell
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Subject: Re: [SynchroBlog] Fwd: The story...

Correction:

<a href="http://www.p2ptrust.org/blog/">Synchroblog: guilty by association</a> at Mike's Musings

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 21:23 +0000, Mike Bursell wrote:
> Next synchroblog: persecution?  It would seem appropriate.
> 
> I'm also going to do an emergency synchroblog now, talking about this in
> the abstract - not mentioning any names.
> 
> <a href="http://www.p2ptrust.org/">Synchroblog: guilty by
> association</a> at Mike's Musings
> 
> -Mike.
> 
> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:11 -0400, Phil Wyman wrote:
> > Hey SynchroBlog Team,
> > 
> > 
> > Here's some info about David being removed from a ministry position
> > because he was connected to us.  Yikes!  Anyway, he's doing fine, but
> > it makes you think doesn't it?
> > 
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > 
> > > From: "David Fisher" <DFisher at GroupPublishing.com>
> > > Date: March 20, 2007 11:38:34 AM EDT
> > > To: "Phil Wyman" <pastorphil at salemgathering.com>
> > > Subject: The story...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi Phil,
> > > Feel free to pass this to the other synchrobloggers.  I deleted the
> > > previous emails and don't have it to send to everyone.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > As you know (and how I found out about you and your story) I was
> > > having some difficulty with the church I was involved in.  We had
> > > been running the second service "Revolution" geared initially toward
> > > College and young adults.  Although that was still pretty much our
> > > demographic, the vision expanded to begin to reach more 'fringe'
> > > groups in our area.  Fort Collins is very spiritual but not very
> > > Christian.  Although not like where you are I'm sure!
> > > We said and did something's on our blog...mostly questioning church
> > > hierarchy and women not being in leadership that some people at the
> > > first service didn't like.  Oh, and our heart to reach the
> > > Gay/Lesbian community with love; rather than throw scripture at
> > > them.
> > > So we shut down our original blog to keep the peace within the
> > > ranks.  Our focus was on Revolution and not the blog world anyway.
> > > Well, my wife is the blog queen and she had several people ask her
> > > to do something underground and maintain the relationships we had
> > > with them.  I also was posting on her blog, but just started my own
> > > when the other one shut down.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The problems still lingered from a blog that no longer existed but
> > > to their credit, the leadership of the church defended us mightily.
> > > Until Thursday...
> > > Apparently someone was digging for us because they found my blog,
> > > and my wife's underground blog!  I felt like a kid with his hand in
> > > the cookie jar, but at the same time, it was obvious that someone
> > > had it out for us.
> > > I sat in a coffee shop with the staff while they said that they love
> > > us and were the best leaders they have, but they want us to
> > > temporarily step down from Revolution so they can steer the ship in
> > > the right direction.
> > > They felt that the links I had on my blog (the synchroblog links)
> > > among some comments I had made about the ineffectiveness of the
> > > Evangelical Church were not what a leader should do.  150 pages of
> > > blog copy and they found 4 or 5 things they didn't like and none of
> > > them were doctrinal or theological statements.
> > > So that night I prayed and talked to my wife.  We knew this was
> > > coming anyway, but I was expecting this summer, not last Thursday!
> > > And under less duress.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > We figured it was time to get out.  So I told the head pastor on
> > > Friday that we will step down and make an easy transition and we
> > > will never come back.  I wasn't mad, but I knew in order to preserve
> > > the unity of the church, I couldn't stick around.  And of course,
> > > Revolution needed to become Revolution and follow what God had given
> > > us.  He agreed and thru some strange conversations trying to hash
> > > everything out, Sunday we both made the announcement that we have
> > > mutually agreed that I and Makeesha would step down.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The College Service will turn into a normal young adult evangelical
> > > right wing charismatic service, and Revolution will go to whatever
> > > the heck it's supposed to be.
> > > www.betherevolution.wordpress.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Now it's the awkwardness of people from the first Revolution trying
> > > to find out where they land.  Most are with us.  A few are with them
> > > (yuck..us versus them) and many will still try and do both, which is
> > > okay, because they'll find out which one fits their heart the best
> > > as we all move forward.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I hate the emotions involved in all this, but I am very excited for
> > > what God is doing and for our future of Revolution and the
> > > community...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > :-)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > "The way out is to be led by way out people." Mike Frost
> > > 
> > > 
> > > David Fisher
> > > Resource Consultant
> > > 1-800-526-0404 ext 4337
> > > Psalm 27:4
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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