Erwin McManus
Activist; Filmmaker; Innovator and Cultural Architect
Mosaic
Los Angeles, California

He leads a complex, multi-campus church, yet convention, programs, and structures repel him. Erwin McManus remains unencumbered by the human creations that can crowd out the essence of the Spirit’s work in the world. “Don’t do evangelism,” he says. “Live Christ.” McManus purposefully immerses himself in the culture around him—the fashion and entertainment industry of Los Angeles. It’s been as normative for him to start a clothing line and produce a hit Super Bowl commercial as it has been for him to teach at Mosaic on Sunday mornings. McManus imparts to his listeners a holistic perspective of ministry that compels integration and action—and leaves “doing church” in the dust.

Session Notes: Chasing Daylight

What’s necessary for us as leaders is a mind shift, a reformation of reality.
We need to begin to have a different relationship with the future.

Ecclesiastes 1 “There is nothing new under the sun”

“Something inside my soul felt like I was suffocating under this theological framework”

We’ve accepted this and it’s created an apathy in our churches.

Solomon was wrong. There IS something more under the sun.

If you live your life outside of God you are destined for a life of endless repetition and monotony, but when you live in the light of Creation all things become new.

We can’t change history, but we can create the future.

When we live our lives connected to the Creator of the Universe, we become God’s instruments for creating the future.

Good people sit idly by waiting for God to change the world.

We have been entrusted with this stewardship to redeem our lives to reflect the heart of God.

Places we have to focus to create the future God has in mind:

1) Become the cultivators of human talent
We need to be the stewards of human potential
The church needs to reclaim it’s place as the epicenter of creativity

2) Become the narrators of the human story

We need to reclaim the truth-telling power of the narrative of Christ.
Whoever tells a great story, shapes the culture.
Sometimes truth is lost in a bad story and falsehood is spread through a good story.

Jesus has come and He makes all things new!

What will you do to be an instrument of God’s in creating the future?

By: Jenni Catron (@jennicatron)
Read more from The Global Leadership Summit at Jenni’s blog jennicatron.tv