JOHNSON ANGLICAN CRACK-UP ADVICE
You’re Chuck Murphy. For reasons known only to you, you just single-handedly dynamited one of the most promising traditionalist Anglican churches in existence, the Anglican Mission in the Americas. Now what? Here’s a handy list of things not to do. To start with, it’s extremely rude to insult the leaders of the church that nurtured you:
We are going through a difficult chapter. We have WILDLY different leadership in Rwanda than before, and the current leaders don’t get what’s going on in the Anglican Mission right now. We are going through the “norming, storming, forming, and performing” cycle, trying to find a way forward.
Excelsior, Chuck. Don’t remind people of everything they’re leaving behind.
In the last 12 years, we have sent $46 Million out of the Mission Center. $19 Million have come from congregations. $20 million has come from a handful of generous donors. $6 Million has come from other donors.
We have found, and always believed, that money follows vision. Church planting is expensive! But these donors have believed in our vision.
In addition, we have seen 268 churches raised up.
Man up and stop playing the victim.
On a personal note, I’ve been chopped up pretty good from the attacks on the Internet, from the blogs. It’s been a painful experience for me, a “WOW” moment. I’ve been left a bit stunned and staggered at these attacks. So has my family. My kids were reading these attacks, and said, “Gosh Dad, this makes you sound like a real monster!”
There have been attacks on my character, integrity, honesty, and leadership. And the blogs have a mask, so you don’t know who is making the attacks. It’s hard to know whose behind it.
Know something, Chuck? If you click on that “E-mail the Editor” link just below the PayPal button in the upper-right-hand corner of this web site, your e-mail program should kick in and you can contact me whenever the mood strikes you. Anyway, Chuck, a very important fact that all Christian leaders need to remember is that there’s no I in Jesus.
I’ve learned that all of the promises of Scripture are true, even in painful times. I have intercessors throughout the country who are praying for me. They have spoken powerful prophetic words to me.
I’m constantly learning by what God is speaking to me in this difficult time. his voice has been written into my heart.
Right now, you run a pretty insignificant little outfit there, Chuck, so you might want to cut way back on thegrand historical comparisons.
Good things come out of difficult times.
Let’s take the prophet Jeremiah as an example:
David exercised this kind of leadership when he saw a Kingdom in the North, and a Kingdom in the South, and decided to move the Capital to Jerusalem. It had never been done before, but it was necessary for the long-term vitality of the nation.
Throughout history, great servants of God have indeed had sharp disagreements.
Paul and Barnabas (Acts 15): God used both these men. They had to separate for a while.
Leaders of the Reformation (Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Cranmer, – “pick your favorite.”)
Leaders of 38,000 Christian denominations. Are we going to say that 37,999 are wrong? Of course not.
The leaders of the Alphabet soup, which we used to call the Anglican Communion.
All groups have good people that love the Lord. We should lay down our arms; they are not the Enemy; they just see it differently. They just disagree.
Disagreeing with you, on the other hand, seems to be a sin or something.
I understand that not everyone sees this vision. Sometimes people disagree, but they are wrong, and just don’t get it. They can emote with rich clarity and be so wrong.
Best of luck, Chuck, and I mean that sincerely. But I don’t much like your chances so I seriously doubt that I’ll be joining you. I prefer churches whose leaders have something of which you seem to be in extremely short supply. Humility.
We are going through a difficult chapter. We have WILDLY different leadership in Rwanda than before, and the current leaders don’t get what’s going on in the Anglican Mission right now. We are going through the “norming, storming, forming, and performing” cycle, trying to find a way forward.
Excelsior, Chuck. Don’t remind people of everything they’re leaving behind.
In the last 12 years, we have sent $46 Million out of the Mission Center. $19 Million have come from congregations. $20 million has come from a handful of generous donors. $6 Million has come from other donors.
We have found, and always believed, that money follows vision. Church planting is expensive! But these donors have believed in our vision.
In addition, we have seen 268 churches raised up.
Man up and stop playing the victim.
On a personal note, I’ve been chopped up pretty good from the attacks on the Internet, from the blogs. It’s been a painful experience for me, a “WOW” moment. I’ve been left a bit stunned and staggered at these attacks. So has my family. My kids were reading these attacks, and said, “Gosh Dad, this makes you sound like a real monster!”
There have been attacks on my character, integrity, honesty, and leadership. And the blogs have a mask, so you don’t know who is making the attacks. It’s hard to know whose behind it.
Know something, Chuck? If you click on that “E-mail the Editor” link just below the PayPal button in the upper-right-hand corner of this web site, your e-mail program should kick in and you can contact me whenever the mood strikes you. Anyway, Chuck, a very important fact that all Christian leaders need to remember is that there’s no I in Jesus.
I’ve learned that all of the promises of Scripture are true, even in painful times. I have intercessors throughout the country who are praying for me. They have spoken powerful prophetic words to me.
I’m constantly learning by what God is speaking to me in this difficult time. his voice has been written into my heart.
Right now, you run a pretty insignificant little outfit there, Chuck, so you might want to cut way back on thegrand historical comparisons.
Good things come out of difficult times.
- The Church of England
- The 39 Articles
- The Book of Common Prayer
- The Anglican Mission
- What God has in store for our future
- Apostolic Age
- Monastic Age
- The Great Schism of 1054
- The Reformation
- the 21st Century Realignment
Let’s take the prophet Jeremiah as an example:
- He was not well received!
- He ministered for 40 years.
- He prophesied during the reign of 5 kings.
- He prophesied to those who didn’t want to hear.
- He prophesied to call them home.
- He was rejected by the clergy of his day.
- He was thrown into a well and exiled.
David exercised this kind of leadership when he saw a Kingdom in the North, and a Kingdom in the South, and decided to move the Capital to Jerusalem. It had never been done before, but it was necessary for the long-term vitality of the nation.
Throughout history, great servants of God have indeed had sharp disagreements.
Paul and Barnabas (Acts 15): God used both these men. They had to separate for a while.
Leaders of the Reformation (Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Cranmer, – “pick your favorite.”)
Leaders of 38,000 Christian denominations. Are we going to say that 37,999 are wrong? Of course not.
The leaders of the Alphabet soup, which we used to call the Anglican Communion.
All groups have good people that love the Lord. We should lay down our arms; they are not the Enemy; they just see it differently. They just disagree.
Disagreeing with you, on the other hand, seems to be a sin or something.
I understand that not everyone sees this vision. Sometimes people disagree, but they are wrong, and just don’t get it. They can emote with rich clarity and be so wrong.
Best of luck, Chuck, and I mean that sincerely. But I don’t much like your chances so I seriously doubt that I’ll be joining you. I prefer churches whose leaders have something of which you seem to be in extremely short supply. Humility.
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