Goose Dead, Eggs Not So Golden

Today I was part of a pretty killer exercise. About 1/3 of the US Campus Ministry was in Moby (at CSU) and together we engaged in a process directed at launching 2000 movements in 2 years (results)

It was a pretty good time with some good ideas generated. However, I want to touch on something that was said that I believe to be impossible.

Sometimes when we talk of expanding, people get all wigged out and think we will "kill the goose that lays the golden egg." Presumably meaning that we will grow to fast and spread too thin and then die. In my humble opinion (yea right), this is impossible. It is contrary to how the gospel functions. It is contrary to the DNA of the gospel. It simply cannot be done - and I am pretty sure that it has never occurred in history. No group has been so radical about spreading themselves to every tongue, tribe and nation, that they ceased to exist. This is not what slowed down the Methodist, the YMCA or even the Student Volunteer Movement.

There are a lot of ways to kill the goose, but expanding and moving forward is not one of them. In fact, this is the sure fire way of keeping the goose very healthy, lean and fit for the future. Such a goose will crank out many a golden egg.