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March 20, 2010
 

A Shopwindow for ILI USA, California

A message from Leadership Beyond Blog Site to all members of USA - California on MyILITeam!

We’ve started a blog called leadershipbeyond.org.  It fulfills a couple functions not served by MyILITeam. 
First, the blog is a "shop window" for ILI USA, California.  Because MyILITeam is an "invitation only" social network, (but invite all who take leadership seriously!), it's way to give people some insight about our “leaders equipping leaders” community in California.

Second, it provides an easy way to record learnings, discoveries, insights, and resources around the 8 core values.    We attempt to tag each entry by one of the core values (i.e. “intimacy” around an entry focused on prayer).  What it gives us is a growing, catalogued file for training, inspiration, and talk illustrations.

If you’re sharing the ILI story with someone new, there are a couple of places you can send them on the web.  The first place is iliteam.org.  This is the home site.  There’s lots of stuff there about our leadership, the core values, and what’s happening around the world.  Another place to go is iliteamusa.org.  This is a newer site, still underdevelopment, but it provides a window into what we hope to see happen in the USA.  Finally, you can invite them to go to leadershipbeyond.org.  If things develop according to plan, it will be a rich resource for leadership training ideas and a good introduction to our community.
This message is kind of a test.  By making the blog a member of the USA, California group, group messages should automatically post to the site, capturing the wisdom we share with one another in our leadership journey together.

Hope it works!
Kyle

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February 22, 2010
 

i want to cry

This is an exchange initiated by a clear-eyed brother. 

We've got lots of work to do.

 

From: Kyle Phillips [mailto:123kylephillips@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:25 AM
To: 'Scott Roberts'
Subject: RE: i want to cry
Scott,

Sheesh.  This latest report from the Barna folks really does provide a snapshot of the crisis in the church.  Just coming from the ILI RC in Santa Clarita, the concerns posed are timely.  This statement does seem to get at a central issue:

    Yet, a new study from the Barna Group identifies an underlying reason why there is little progress in helping people develop spiritually: many churchgoers and clergy struggle to articulate a basic understanding of spiritual maturity. People aspire to be spiritually mature, but they do not know what it means. Pastors want to  guide others on the path to spiritual wholeness, but they are often not clearly defining the goals or the outcomes of that process.
Folks (in the church!) really don't know what it means to be Christian.  It is an amazing indictment that we can't articulate a shared understanding of maturity.  That's why these 8 core values in ILI are so valuable.  I like to talk about them as "practices" more than values.  They really do capture the multi-layered dynamic that is Christian faithfulness or maturity.  Our lives in the grace filled kingom of Christ really does produce a lifestyle, not just "beliefs" or "feelings" but regular behaviors that are a response to the Holy Spirit's presence in the midst of us.  It really is a dynamic of fruitfulness as Christ indwells us. 

 When I was a youth pastor years ago my vision was "Every youth a believer, every believer a leader, and every leader a servant."  The cluster of practices captured by the inter-dynamics of the 8 core values does paint a clear picture of Christian maturity.  All are critical, intimacy, passion, evangelism, leadership, multiplication, stewardship, family, integriy.  All are to lead and love. 

Lets get after it.

Kyle

 

From: Scott Roberts [mailto:scott@upheaval.org]
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:45 PM
To: Kyle Phillips
Subject: i want to cry

I knew that I was right, but its even worse.

barna

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