SERVOLUTION: A Moment with Dino Rizzo
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Thu, May 14, 2009
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Todd - first of all I want to say thank you for all you do for the Church today. You’re a big blessing and it’s an honor to have you as a part of this blog tour.I think the thing that churches need to remember as they move into a culture of serving is that it is not complicated, but it does take time. Be patient, and be willing to start with what you have. Where has God given you favor? What talents or gifts do the people on your team have that can be put toward helping the poor and hurting?
When we first started as a church, we had a few guys who could cook - so we started cooking meals to give away. It wasn’t thousands of meals like our Cooking For Christ team provided people with last fall after a hurricane hit our city, but we blessed a lot of people with free meals and a lot of love. And things grew from there.
Too often we get in the trap of looking at what we don’t have. Elijah asked the widow what she had, and they went to work on her miracle from that point. Look around you and take a little inventory of what God has already given you and start there. You’ll find that everything you need for the job God has for you to do today is right there in front of you.
That’s a great answer! Start small. Where has God given you favor already?
I encourage you to pick up a copy of Dino’s Servolution book today. You can get a copy here! You can also check out the Servolution website here.
I consider Pastor Dino Rizzo a friend, and I'm excited for Dino's brand new book titled "Servolution: Starting a Church Revolution Through Serving". Servolution will make you laugh, make you cry, and above all it will make you ready to serve others like never before. Dino shares some practical ideas and strategies in every chapter!
I recently was asked to be a part of today's Servolution blog tour and I immediately said yes. My question for Dino was: Dino, what would you suggest a small, totally inwardly-focused church do as a first step to becoming a church that serves its community?
Here's Pastor Dino's response...
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Todd Rhoades on Sun, May 17, 2009
Geez…
Some plant, some water.
Let’s shoot the planter; and take a knife to the waterer.
Yeah, that works real well.
Seriously… just because you don’t agree with the way someone else is doing something doesn’t mean that you need to rag on them constantly?
It gets old really, really fast.
Todd
Katrina on Sun, May 17, 2009
Peter,
Let me restate my point so that you understand my position on discipleship. I don’t want to come across as discounting the importance of (personal) discipleship but it is not often possible. I preach to the folks standing in line at the DMV. The average size of the crowd is around 10. I have been doing this for almost 5 years. In addition to the message I also hand out a tract that expounds on the Gospel and I stamp my name, email address, and phone number in the event someone wants to cuss me out, ask me questions, or want suggestions for a home church. It would be impossible for me to disciple more than 2 at any one time and I don’t really know how many God has saved in the process. But just like me, I am sure He will guide them to the church in which He wants them planted.
Todd,
Doing nice to people but waiting for them to come to church, waiting to establish a relationship, waiting for them to like us, or worse….never mentioning the Gospel at all does nothing to meet their most eternal need. For some reason most of what is called Christianity in America has lost the immediacy for forgiveness of sins and the free gift of eternal life. If a person is splashing around in a pool and struggling to stay afloat would we waste time trying to establish a relationship with them? So why should we think that their life is in any less immediate danger if they die without Christ? We should do everything we can NOW to make sure everyone knows the truth when it comes to our giving an account on the Day of Judgment. Too often though the potential of having someone say something bad about a particular church outweighs the command of Jesus. (Mark 16:15) I will repeat that HPC does some great things in this community and no one can say differently but will Jesus say “Well done…” if we fail to share the entire Gospel in the process?
Todd Rhoades on Sun, May 17, 2009
OK Katrina,
I get the last word on this one, since this is my blog. http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/smile.gif
Again, let’s let the Lord tell Healing Place ‘well done’ or ‘woe to you’. That’s not your job.
I could just as easily make a case against your approach of evangelism. Sometimes, believe it or not, the very preaching you do outside the DMV will turn someone off so much that they may never receive the gospel.
An ‘in your face’ style of evangelism works for some. To others… dare I say more than half… it is a turn off.
And I’ve seen many a ‘convert’ that was a flash in the pan. And many that will have absolutely nothing to do with church after many years.
Hats off to you. Hats off to Dino and Healing Place.
That’s my take. It’s all good.
Todd
Katrina… let that be the last word.
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