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Unfair Criticisms | Clueless Church Planter — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:41:33 +0000

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By: Anson

Anson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:23:16 +0000

Just wondering…if people suggest to do things the way they did in their previous church…why did they leave it in the first place?

By: Benjo Opao

Benjo Opao — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:29:00 +0000

Pastor Dennis.. you’re a hilarious preacher and honestly, we love it that way! Younger generations tend to shy away from serious type(solemn) of church… So keep up the good work that God has given you! =)

Benjo

By: Randy Briones

Randy Briones — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:18:00 +0000

Hi Pastor Dennis. My home church in the Philippines is VCF Alabang, but I’m now involved in an underground church in Saudi Arabia. It is not an EN-church, but it is a born again church nonetheless. Yes, it’s true that Mid-Eastern churches meet on fridays and ours is more clandestine compared to open countries such as UAE and others. How we do church here in Saudi is different as our preachings need to cater to the needs of fellow OFWs. My point is, God has called you to pastor a local church and God gave you specific directions on how it’s best to meet the needs of those who are within and yet to come in. I encourage you to continue doing what you know is God’s leading for you. In Arabia, we say “YALAH ALATOOL!” or Go on straight. God bless!

By: Joey Bonifacio

Joey Bonifacio — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:24:00 +0000

Churches are like families they are not all the same. for one like families they don't all start at the same time - a family that is 25 years old (like mine) has very different needs from one that is 2 years old.

Then there's the matter of ministering to different kinds of people. The church I pastor has 8,000 people coming to 6 services on weekends. The 9AM service ministers to older, mixed group that include expats, ceo's, ministry heads and a typically more conservative group.

The 11 is a mixture of families, singles and internationals. The 1 and 3Pm services ministers predominantly to the masses which has a completely diferent flavor - the 5 and 7 to yet again a different target group. The point is even in one church location there are varieties in the way one ministers let alone 64 services which Victory churches in Metro Manila have every weekend in 14 locations with over 30,000 in attendance. Churches are not menat to be clones but are unique and should minsiter to the same way God made people - a very wide and varied variety.

Take this to the world and then you realize doing church in Dubai and the Middle East in general which meets on Fridays gives church a very different flavor. Add Japan, China, Kyrgyztan (did I spell that correctly), Vietnam and others and you realize there is not one way to do church.

Again like familes each one is in a different season with different realities. The key is not to follow other people's models (i.e. act like, preach like, dress like Rick Warren who is in Orange County when you are pastor in Buffalo New York - you would freeze in his Hawaiian shirt) or to compare a pstor who minsiters to squatters in tondo to one who is reaching out to residents of Forbes Park and Das Ma.

God wants His church to be unique to reach many while at the same time growing and maturing as a body.

God has called you to lead your own congregation the way he sets fathers in families. It would be the arrogant and immature to teach another father how to run his family without knowing the realities that his family is in or is going through. And even if one did - the correct posture is to encourage and pray for one another.

The key is that Jesus is exalted and peolple are growing in His knowledge.

By: perezfamily

perezfamily — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:19:00 +0000

c’mon bro… d ka nag iisa naranasan din ni Jesus yan hehehe… i believe that the most important thing is that lives are TRANSFORMED not just reformed, Jesus is HONORED & GLORIFIED, Lost are getting SAVED & being discipled, & disciples are MAKING DISCIPLES… woooooooh c’mon… JESUS ROCKS!

By: Dennis Sy

Dennis Sy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:17:00 +0000

thanks RD! well we do try to balance things. I am for good Bible teaching and teaching the important doctrines of the Bible. I did the post to just issue in on how to handle criticism. I would try to blog on the next step for church planters when the people gets saved.

By: Ardy Abello

Ardy Abello — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:14:00 +0000

of course i couldn’t help but read your blog and published comments…

if you will allow me, you may want to consider a balance between delighting the first-timer and depth for the church-goer. considering that the new visitor today will be a part of the congregation tomorrow. having said this, don’t just consider the lost but the ones in church (not just those who’ve transferred) who’ve been faithful.

By: georvz1609

georvz1609 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:16:00 +0000

galing!!!! =)

i can't wait to visit VCF-greenhills when i gets back..

btw, what is KUMBAYA???

By: larryuy

larryuy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:45:00 +0000

Go Pastor Dennis, Let’s go Greenhills! As Pastor Mark’s bilin to me b4 I left Alabang to join Greenhills, “TRUST and PROTECT your Pastors”, we’re behind you guys all the way for God’s glory.