Revolutionaries Needed

No doubt you have heard of Shackleton’s famous newspaper advertisement in 1914. Lacking real resources and fearing the prospect of drawing a crew incapable of dealing with the cruel conditions that they were sure to face, his ad was as harsh and unforgiving as the journey was sure to be.

He wrote the following: “Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.” 5,000 applications were received and just over 50 men were chosen for the adventure.

In that same spirit, we put out the call now for serious and hardcore believers to come and help us to define Gen-X ministry in these days that we live in. As most of you know, we have gone through a transition period over this last year for sure. Recently we discovered afresh the angst that only doing travel ministry brings on in us. I related how I was feeling in my last post.

During the last two weeks as we were on the road, we were approached by two churches in Wisconsin who want me to become their Pastor. To us, this came at the right time and in the right way and we have gladly accepted the offers.

The churches are small, less than 20 members a piece and in a rural area of Southwest Wisconsin. And while one is in a college town, it has never managed to impact either the school or the town that it is in. Both are more like fresh plants than anything else. They have small (one is tiny!) buildings and enough for a tiny (tiny!) salary for myself but not much else. But we see the hand of God at work and feel the push to start a revolution, right here and right now.

We are looking for people who are determined to make a difference in their lifetime. We can offer no salary until the churches grow. There will be no physical benefits such as life insurance or medical insurance for the immedite future. You will have to be bi-vocational and yet be zealous and totally focused on the work.

I am far from easy to serve with and that is putting it mildly. I am driven for the Lord and expect that if I run, you must run as well. I am focused on destroying the work of the devil and if you have heard me preach or been in our meetings, you know where I stand. Those who come to learn to minister will be given the hardest jobs and sacrifice the most. We will give our all to serve the church and to win the lost and no thanks are given or expected, we do it for Him and Him alone. But we make hardcore disciples that are prepared to smash the enemy and honor God at all costs. If you doubt your ability to sacrifice and serve, if you are unteachable and self-righteous, if you are not a servant or are divisive, don’t even bother because you won’t make it.

Now, if you are still interested, I am looking for a media minister who knows what they are doing and can work with sub-par gear and find deals for better gear, who can run audio-visual equipment and computer programs for multimedia and worship along with mixing CD’s of preaching and overseeing all areas of media ministry.

We are looking for musicians who are not headstrong and who can follow a leader and help to define the sound of the Lazarus Generation.

We are seeking a Worship leader who knows the old songs of Pentecost and some new ones as well and who can fit in with our vision and flow with the Spirit, the anointing is all-important here. We are a mix of Gen-X and old-time Pentecost and the music must reflect that.

I am looking for ushers and those wanting to be trained in ministry who are interested in reaching the lost and serving God with abandon. Our goal is to train and to send, planting new churches where there is a need. We are hard on those wishing to be ministers but I feel that if we weren’t, we wouldn’t really be preparing you.

We need children’s Pastors who are actually called to Pastor children and Youth workers who are interested in revolutionary ministry, not simply gaining experience so that they can be a “big people’s Pastor” someday.

I am also looking for an associate Pastor who can hold the line when I am on the road and serve with me when I am at home, in excellence and anointing.

Most everyone will also be involved in revivals and our travel ministry and will be a part of teams who will go all over this region and the US doing healing evangelism with us in tents and churches.

 

I desire to see my generation saved. I desire to restore the faith of my fathers and to see the church age of Gen-X become one that doesn’t need to be ashamed. I bully religion every chance I get and I pick fights with the devil. I have been known to employ controversial methods in the church such as Mixed Martial Arts in the men’s groups and will do so again here. If bucking the system bothers you, this probably isn’t your cup of tea.

If your heart is to belong to a cause greater than yourself, if you long to be a part of a group striving towards a common goal at all costs, if you can take up your cross and follow hard after God while running to the battle, please pray about joining us.

We are being led to create a Lazarus Generation Pentecostal Church that stands in direct contrast to the current state of the emerging church and lifts up a new standard for others to follow.

If you feel led to come and help, drop me an email (please go to the “about JC” TAB for my email address) and we can start to discuss it in earnest.

Who dares, wins.

JC Smith