Sabbath or Die? Church Planters Talk the Importance of Godly Rest at Leadership Conference
The founder of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York, pastor Pete Scazzaro said he knew that an 80-hour work week with no rest was one of the issues holding his church back, in the past, from experiencing change for the better.
The track featured eight speakers and emphasized the importance of Sabbath rest.
After describing his experiences with planting multicultural churches for the past eight years in New York City and how he experienced the difficulty of not seeing those in his congregation grow internally, Scazzaor said he knew something had to change.
He outlined some strong principals for church planters to keep in mind for their "inner life" with one of them including the practice of delighting in the Sabbath....