Comments on: 5 Questions with Ed Stetzer – A Leadership Profile

By: Kary Oberbrunner

Kary Oberbrunner — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:44:43 +0000

Thanks for giving this update. I’m glad Ed was an encouragement to you.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:03:38 +0000

By sharing at a conference in Barcelona a little over a year ago I can tell you that the Lord is using Ed to help accomplish what he says in question #5 above. He is making a difference among workers in Western Europe and those with whom we serve, relate and share.

By: Bob Cleveland

Bob Cleveland — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:02:40 +0000

I know Ed, having run into him at various SBC meetings, and we’ve sat in a lounge with other guys there and kicked the dog around a little. And, he remembered my name last time I saw him.

He’s the real McCoy, and your observations about him not getting “out of touch” are right on.

And, Bob, I in no way feel Ed had “given up” on me and my kind. No way.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:45:43 +0000

I have known Ed since he was in college. I’m not sure if he ever sleeps, but I do know that he is passionate about serving God and sharing Him with the unchurched. He doesn’t care what the style is…traditional, contemporary, blended, small, large, multi-site, as long as the GOSPEL is presented as TRUTH. Ed is one of a kind, amazing intellectual guy who loves God and his family.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:57:27 +0000

@Bob… I am not sure that is an entirely fair assessment of Ed. He does research on young people, sure, but he has written quite a few books dealing with helping people of ALL ages get “on mission” with God. It has very little to do with semantics, worship styles, or traditions and very much to do with taking Biblical truth and learning how it applies in a Practical way inside Your community… whatever that community is.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:23:49 +0000

I appreciate Ed but grow weary of him and his kind who have given up on people middle aged and above. We were not raised with rock music and pastors in T shirts, uttering sermons, (sorry I meant “talks) that often approach profanity. We each serve an ageless God, so why try so hard to make Him only a God of youth?

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:30:36 +0000

I’ve grown to appreciate Ed in his tweets and blogs as he seems to have his fingers on the pulse of the culture, especially the young who are tired of church as we know it. I’m anxious to read the book and see what he thinks about reaching out to them.