Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Jesus Tribe

Jesus never wrote a book or taught in a university and yet His "MOVEMENT" continues to grow over 2000 years after His earthly departure.  

What is it that makes people want to BELONG to the Jesus Culture?  I'm not referring to the worship band from California...I'm referring to a particular CULTURE of people.  


A CULTURE of people that, through a shared philosophy, form a TRIBE.

In 2009, I read a book that clarified what happens when cultures of people come together under a collective umbrella of thinking.  Seth Godin, a marketing expert, in his book, "Tribes" defines a TRIBE as a group of people who are...
  • Connected to one another
  • Connected to a leader, and 
  • Connected to an idea.  
For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another.  

A group needs only two things to be a tribe:
  1. A shared interest &
  2. A way to communicate.
In Mark chapter eight, Jesus taught His disciples and the multitude that gathered to Him, that whoever wants to join His tribe must: 
  • Let Him do the leading
  • Embrace suffering
  • Be self-sacrificing
It's this kind of thinking that birthed a CLIMATE that Jesus sustained in His inner circle.  In fact, He sustained it long enough until it produced a CULTURE of thinking that revolutionized LAW THINKERS into GRACE THINKERS.

Jesus' Culture is layered with SUB-CULTURES...
  • Servant-Leadership
  • Father-Son Relationship 
  • Covenant Partnership
  • Charitable Stewardship
  • Apostolic Apostleship
  • Successive Discipleship
  • Mutual Fellowship
  • Accountable Mentorship
No one has influenced people more than Jesus has.  
  • Are you part of His TRIBE?  
  • Do you THINK like He does?
  • Are your VALUES the same as His?

More to come....