Thursday, August 21, 2008

My time with Pete Wilson

Posted by adam herod at 6:43 PM

I had a chance last week to spend a little over an hour with Pete Wilson. For those of you who may not know Pete, he is the Pastor of a great church in Nashville. Cross Point Church is a happening place to be and God is doing some great stuff there. I was very thankful for Pete’s time and thought I would share some of our conversation here. This is my first time sharing one of these conversations online so we’ll see how it goes. Here’s some of the quotables from our conversation:

  • Pete loves seeing God’s grace in action.
  • Anyone can draw a crowd.
  • The goal is not church growth, but church health. Cross Point defines church health as 80% in small groups.
  • Getting out of your own circles expands your faith and gives you expectation and excitement for what God can do.
  • We have to be open and honest. The generation no longer follows based on titles, they follow you based on authenticity.
  • There is no influence without relationship.
  • Teach what you believe over and over and over.
  • We don’t exist for ourselves.
  • God is putting on our heart to resource the resource less. (They have an amazing “lunch buddy” plan with kids from a local low-income area they are reaching into)
  • We believe that God’s ultimate goal for us is our safety and security. While this may be true in eternity, in this life He calls us to live for others and deny ourselves to serve others.
I really enjoyed getting to know Pete and learning from him. Pete is marked by humility and graciousness. I walked away more inspired to be a difference in my world. I asked Pete one final question and it was, “If you had 5 minutes left with your boys, what would you tell them about life and Godliness?” Here’s Pete’s response:

“Let’s assume they’re a little older so that they can better understand some things about life. I would tell them Jesus is worth dying for. That you can’t choose when or how you die, but you can choose how you live. Choose to live this life for Jesus.”

Well-said Pete! Make sure to check out Pete’s blog over @ http://withoutwax.tv. You’ll have a blast and learn something to boot. You can also check out Cross Point @ http://crosspoint.tv

What are your thoughts on what Pete had to share?

 

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