Stories from the Revolution with John White

Why the “He Gets Us” Campaign will fail (3).  This is the third episode where we are explaining why we think the $100 million dollar campaign will fail.  Take a listen to see why Toni believes that the people behind this Campaign, although certainly well intentioned, have misdiagnosed the problem.

The $100 million dollar " He Gets Us" Campaign recorded 565,000 social media engagements in just 10 weeks.  But, how will they go from engagements to what Jesus said was the goal - disciples ?  If they are relying on existing churches to make disciples, the outlook is grim.  People are leaving churches in record numbers.   Isn't it time we paid attention?

Recently, the " Biggest Jesus Campaign Ever " was launched.  Titled " He Gets Us ", this carefully crafted marketing campaign is designed to "reintroduce Jesus to those who desperately need him".  The campaign is backed by $100 million dollars—donated by a small group of wealthy anonymous families.  Sounds like a good thing, doesn't it? Actually, I'm not so sure.  This kind of...

What's the world best question?  I'll share it with you in this episode. More from Andy Bounds here .  

In the spiritual Revolution that is underway, fierce conversations are critical.  In this episode, I explain that "fierce" doesn't mean angry.  But, what does it mean?  Why are fierce conversations so important? Are fierce conversations biblical?  And, how can we be both gently curious (episode #66) and fierce?   I'm drawing especially on Susan Scott's excellent book, Fier...

Lots of adults are actually stuck in the child stage of development.  Even some church leaders and pastors.  That is, they have never learned to be both-centered (vs. self-centered).  As a result, they almost always default to talking vs asking questions that matter.  They don't know how to be gently curious .   In this episode, we'll explore this simple but important...

At the end of Feb (2022), I had the opportunity to do a Zoom call with five legacy (traditional) church pastors who have transitioned to house churches.  The first half of that call became episode #64 which I posted last week.  In that episode, I was teaching about why the LK10 Community came into being about 15 years ago.  The big idea = the skills needed for "big" church do not tr...

In this episode, I have the privilege of sharing with a group of legacy pastors.  Here's the "big idea"...What we've learned over the last 25 years is that the skill set necessary to lead a traditional or legacy church does not translate well into the house church setting.  The need for new skills is exactly why LK10 came into being.

In 2009, 48% of Americans reported that they attended church weekly.   In 2020, only 29% of Americans reported that they attended church weekly.  And, that was before Covid! People are leaving traditional church in droves. No wonder traditional church leaders are often discouraged and disoriented!  However, there is hope!  A growing number of those leaders are coming to LK10 fo...

When we started LK10 in 2008, we thought we were to focus exclusively on house churches.  Little by little, we saw that the Lord had a larger vision.  Increasingly, LK10 Values and Practices are being implemented in traditional churches.  Here's one of those stories.

Shockingly, it's now clear that the very structure of traditional church is a serious obstacle to making friends.   How do we know?   As Michael Frost writes, multitudes of people are walking away from church.  He says "churches are dying due to friendlessness".    The Lonely Crowd:  Churches Dying Due to Friendlessness The LK10 Community has answers to this serious p...

That Sunday morning in 1998 was one of the worst days of my life.  I felt deeply betrayed by brothers that I had helped.  And, I carried resentment about that in my heart for 20 years.  This is the story of how Jesus reframed that event.

Key topic for LK10 Leader Teams for the month of Jan. 2022.   The number of gifted mega church leaders who have fallen into sin is shocking.  Try Googling that sometime - there are dozens!  My contention is that these leaders (almost all are men) have painful events and/or relationships, abuse in one form or another, in their past that have never been healed.  Never been refram...

This topic is the LK10 Leader Team Lesson for Jan. 2022.  What do we do with difficult emotions?  Going to Immanuel for Him to reframe those emotions is a key to becoming a spiritual grown up.  In this episode, I explain how this works and give examples from Scripture.

This is the first in a series of episodes on "learning to ask questions that matter".  In this episode, I explain why this skill is an important part of the new paradigm of church life.  And, I share the insight that I learned as a teenager that got me started on this journey and that changed my life.

Because God has taught us how to make church simple and easy,   I can now plant a new church in 30 minutes . (In my previous life as a traditional church pastor, it took 18 months.)  In this podcast, I explain how.

We are continuing to ask the Coach what He wants us to know about Tim Ferriss's question:  "What would this look like if it were easy?"  In this episode, He's directing me to begin to talk about what church would look like if it were easy .  In my experience as a pastor, church was complex and difficult.  But, is that consistent with the NT practice of church?

In this episode, I explain what we mean when we say that we, in the LK10 Community, have a radical commitment to Jesus' theology of the Holy Spirit.  And, why this is "the key to easy".  

As I was reading Tim Ferriss' book, the Coach stopped me at this question..."What would this look like if it were easy?"  In this episode, I'll tell you what the Coach told me next.

What if life were meant to be much easier than we have imagined?   Isn't that what Jesus was saying at the end of Mat. 11?  "Learn the unforced rhythms of grace . I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”   What if it's the Enemy who wants to convince us that everything is hard?   How do we live life the...

In this episode, I continue explaining the Revolutionary concept of Spontaneous Evangelism.  And, then, my friends, Carolyn and Richard Hyde in Israel, tell us a real life story of what this looks like.  Jesus told Carolyn, "Just walk."  You won't believe what happened next in Jerusalem!

In this episode, I explain the Revolutionary concept of Spontaneous Evangelism.  And, then, my friend, Kent Larson, shares an amazing story of a house church in Southern California that heard the Lord tell them to make a sign that said, "We pray for Afghans".  Then, the Lord directed them to take the sign to Baby Beach.  That's what they did.  And, what happened next was nothin...

There is one thing about the Revolution God is initiating in our day that is absolutely unique .  We today have a resource that has never before in church history been available to Christians.   I am speaking about the fact that now we have key insights from brain science that inform how healthy communities and sustainable transformation can occur.   But, are these insights con...

Getting a picture of how transformational revival actually is by looking at the Welsh Revival.   From 1903 to 1905, at least 87,548 people converted to Christianity, or roughly 6% of the population over the age of 11.  That’s the awakening part.  That’s not counting the number of Christians who were re-vived. Imagine if that kind of spiritual awakening took place in the US today. &n...

I believe that ordinary, everyday Christians will play the central role in the revival that is currently beginning.  Not great speakers.  Not megachurch pastors.  No superstars.  This time, everyone gets to play!  No spectators.  The priesthood of ALL believers. The LK10 Learning Pathway will be (is already!) central in preparing for the revival.  It is designed...