Gravitas: Reimagining the Sunday Lecture Model - Restoring Jesus' Conversational Model!

GravitasReimagining the Sunday Lecture Model, Restoring Jesus' Conversational ModelEvery day in the USA, 16 churches close their doors. What if the problem is not the message, but the model?In Jesus' day, the role of the rabbi was to teach the people how to live a life pleasing to God. Jesus did it conversationally, walking life-on-life with twelve, while his preaching from boats and mountainsides simply piqued the curiosity of the crowds. The twelve helped the seventy, the seventy helped the five hundred, and they changed the world.Over the last 20 to 30 years, the internet has allowed thousands of Christian scholars to peer review one another's work and recover essential scriptural context that had been lost down through the ages. Gravitas gathers what they have found into a short, direct summary written for pastors, elders and church leaders.Inside, you will discover: - Why the American church followed Europe's Hellenistic lecture model instead of the conversational model the Father prepared before Jesus was born- What the Hebrew word talmid really means: not a student who knows or an apprentice who does, but someone becoming more and more like their rabbi- Why every pastor needs twelve of their own, visible and known, so no one walks away with unanswered questions- How to live a life pleasing to God, and how to help others do the same- Servant talmidim, and how a whole community can be aligned in service that transforms itGravitas is also a short introduction to the full Life, Love and Leading series. Read it in an afternoon, then read it again with your leadership team.