We had a great visit. Bishop Willimon stated how he prefers Asbury graduates than others because their churches grow and are healthier. He said this is hard to take considering he taught 25 years at Duke. N. Alabama has started 49 faith communities in the past 13 years. Only two have not worked out. He attributes it to the Holy Spirit and how they work at trying to find the right situations for their clergy who start them. He said most of his churches struggle because they are so concerned with their own things that they never interact with where God is working around them. The Bishop said to grow spiritually he has to intentionally get together and meet with unchurched people. This is difficult since his job is all around church people.
I am looking forward to tomorrow. We have lunch with the Sr. Pastor John Ed Mathison from Frazier Memorial before our conference begins.
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Scott,
Keep the updates coming, thanks!
signed:
Left Behind
I hear there are some slacker dead-beat loser Beeson Pastors, slouching toward mediocrity back in Wilmore. Surely Uncle Frank could have invested his money better than putting it into those ingrates. Thanks for keeping us up to date on what's happening to the BP's that are going to make a difference in this crazy old world.
We miss you guys. It's not the same. I hope you get chapters 1 and 2 done this week.
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